CVE-2017-13739

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-08-23
CWE:
CWE-122->CWE-787
Bugzilla:
1488936: CVE-2017-13739 liblouis: Heap-buffer overflow resulting in an out-of-bounds write in resolveSubtable() function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

There is a heap-based buffer overflow that causes a more than two thousand bytes out-of-bounds write in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function resolveSubtable() in compileTranslationTable.c. It will lead to denial of service or remote code execution.

Find out more about CVE-2017-13739 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 liblouis Not affected

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