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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17294

The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to 3.7 does not check the input string's length, allowing attackers to c...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 liblouis

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.7.0-1"}]}]

Debian:13 liblouis

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.7.0-1"}]}]

Debian:14 liblouis

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.7.0-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org