CVE-2023-26768

liblouis: buffer overflow in lou_setDataPath

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the compileTranslationTable.c and lou_setDataPath functions.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-02-27 CVE Reserved
2023-03-16 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-02 First Exploit
2024-10-06 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1301	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/pull/1302	2023-03-22

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26768	2023-11-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2181139	2023-11-07

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"				3.24.0 Search vendor "Liblouis" for product "Liblouis" and version "3.24.0"		-		Affected