CVE-2014-8184

liblouis: stack-based buffer overflow in findTable()

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4. A stack-based buffer overflow was found in findTable() in liblouis. An attacker could create a malicious file that would cause applications that use liblouis (such as Orca) to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.

Se encontró una vulnerabilidad en liblouis, versiones 2.5.x anteriores a 2.5.4. Se encontró un desbordamiento de búfer en la región stack de la memoria en la función findTable() en liblouis. Un atacante podría crear un archivo malicioso que causaría que las aplicaciones que usan liblouis (como Orca) se bloqueen o ejecuten potencialmente código arbitrario cuando sean aperturadas.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-10-10 CVE Reserved
2017-11-02 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8184	2023-03-03
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/425	2023-03-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8184	2017-11-02
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492701	2017-11-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Liblouis Search vendor "Liblouis"		Liblouis Search vendor "Liblouis" for product "Liblouis"				>= 2.5.0 < 2.5.4 Search vendor "Liblouis" for product "Liblouis" and version " >= 2.5.0 < 2.5.4"		-		Affected