Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting liblouis package, versions <0:2.6.2-21.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBLOUIS-3761264
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Jun 2018

Introduced: 5 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12085  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 liblouis to version 0:2.6.2-21.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1708.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream liblouis package and not the liblouis package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Liblouis 3.6.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440.