CVE-2014-8184
Published: 31 December 2014
A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4. A stack-based buffer overflow was found in findTable() in liblouis. An attacker could create a malicious file that would cause applications that use liblouis (such as Orca) to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| leosilva | according to rhel notes it affects only old versions of liblouis before 2.5.4. In our case it affects only trusty. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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liblouis Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.0-3ubuntu1)
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| trusty |
Released
(2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2)
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| upstream |
Released
(2.5.4)
|
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| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1)
|
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| zesty |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.0-3ubuntu0.2)
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Patches: other: https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/dc97ef791a4fae9da11592c79f9f79e010596e0c#diff-7ade83431f79d2120c82012aee3b05c9L4524 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |