CVE - CVE-2018-17294

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-17294	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to 3.7 does not check the input string's length, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via out-of-bounds read) by crafting an input file with certain translation dictionaries.
References
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BID:105511 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511 MISC:https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e MISC:https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2019:1160 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html UBUNTU:USN-3782-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180921	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180921)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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