| Name | CVE-2018-17294 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| liblouis (PTS) | jessie | 2.5.3-3+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.0.0-3+deb9u5 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.8.0-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.16.0-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.24.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.31.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| liblouis | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| liblouis | source | (unstable) | 3.7.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - liblouis <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - liblouis <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635