CVE-2023-26768
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.36% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- liblouis/liblouis
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% since 4 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
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1301Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/pull/1302Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1301Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/pull/1302Issue Tracking, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.