CVE-2018-11683

NameCVE-2018-11683
DescriptionLiblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
liblouis (PTS)jessie2.5.3-3+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch3.0.0-3+deb9u5fixed
buster3.8.0-2fixed
bullseye3.16.0-1fixed
bookworm3.24.0-1fixed
sid, trixie3.31.0-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
liblouissourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
liblouissourcestretch3.0.0-3+deb9u4
liblouissource(unstable)3.5.0-3

Notes

[jessie] - liblouis <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/591
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/e7eee2b7926668360a0d8e2abee6c35a00ebce3c
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/d4fc803687e38a5355fb686bf98cc082951f3043

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