CVE-2018-12085

liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in compileTranslationTable.c

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Liblouis 3.6.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440.

Liblouis 3.6.0 tiene un desbordamiento de búfer basado en pila en la función parseChars en compileTranslationTable.c. Esta vulnerabilidad es diferente de CVE-2018-11440.

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

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

2018-06-09 CVE Reserved
2018-06-09 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/595	2020-08-24

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html	2020-08-24
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1	2020-08-24
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12085	2020-04-28
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1589940	2020-04-28

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"				3.6.0 Search vendor "Liblouis" for product "Liblouis" and version "3.6.0"		-		Affected
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		Affected
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		Affected
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		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0"		-		Affected