CVE-2017-13740

Publication date 29 August 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c, that will lead to denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
liblouis 17.04 zesty
Fixed 3.0.0-3ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3408-1
    • Liblouis vulnerabilities
    • 4 September 2017

Other references