CVE-2018-11684
liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c
Severity Score
8.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
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*SSVC
Descriptions
Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c.
Liblouis 3.5.0 tiene un desbordamiento de búfer basado en pila en la función includeFile en compileTranslationTable.c.
Liblouis is an open source braille translator and back-translator named in honor of Louis Braille. It features support for computer and literary braille, supports contracted and uncontracted translation for many languages and has support for hyphenation. New languages can easily be added through tables that support a rule or dictionary based approach. Liblouis also supports math braille. Issues addressed include a buffer overflow vulnerability.
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Timeline
- 2018-06-03 CVE Reserved
- 2018-06-04 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
References (5)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/592 | Issue Tracking |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html | 2020-08-24 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3672-1 | 2020-08-24 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11684 | 2020-04-28 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588631 | 2020-04-28 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Liblouis Search vendor "Liblouis" | Liblouis Search vendor "Liblouis" for product "Liblouis" | 3.5.0 Search vendor "Liblouis" for product "Liblouis" and version "3.5.0" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 17.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "17.10" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0" | - |
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