VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-11683
Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.21%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.21%). 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440.
- 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
- 2.21% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- liblouis/liblouis · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/591Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3672-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/591Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3672-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.