CVE-2018-11683

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-06-06
CWE:
CWE-121
Bugzilla:
1588624: CVE-2018-11683 liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440.

Find out more about CVE-2018-11683 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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