PT-2017-13059

CVE-2017-13739

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Published

2017-08-29

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 3.1
8.8
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Liblouis version 3.2.0
Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists, causing an out-of-bounds write of more than two thousand bytes. This is triggered in the resolveSubtable() function within compileTranslationTable.c, potentially leading to denial of service or remote code execution.
Recommendations For Liblouis version 3.2.0, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the resolveSubtable() function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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Related identifiers
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10953-1
SUSE-SU-2017:2570-1
SUSE-SU-2017:2590-1
SUSE-SU-2017_2590-1
USN-3408-1
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