VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-11440
Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 3.08%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.08% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- liblouis/liblouis · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104321Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/575Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3669-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104321Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/575Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3669-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.