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CVE-2017-13742

Published: 29 August 2017

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function includeFile() in compileTranslationTable.c, that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
liblouis
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1)
zesty
Released (3.0.0-3ubuntu0.2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H