Buffer Overflow Affecting liblouis package, versions <2.5.3-2ubuntu1.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBLOUIS-343499
  • published31 May 2018
  • disclosed31 May 2018

Introduced: 31 May 2018

CVE-2018-11577  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 liblouis to version 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream liblouis package and not the liblouis package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Liblouis 3.5.0 has a Segmentation fault in lou_logPrint in logging.c.