CVE-2017-13740

NameCVE-2017-13740
DescriptionThere is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c, that will lead to denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs874302

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
liblouis (PTS)buster3.8.0-2fixed
bullseye3.16.0-1fixed
bookworm3.24.0-1fixed
sid, trixie3.29.0-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
liblouissourcewheezy(not affected)
liblouissourcestretch3.0.0-3+deb9u1
liblouissource(unstable)3.3.0-1low874302

Notes

[jessie] - liblouis <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - liblouis <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484306
Proposed fix via pull request: https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/pull/393/commits/d8cfdf1ab64a4c9c6685efe45bc735f68dac618c

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