PT-2018-3470 · Liblouis+2 · Liblouis+2

C1208828 · Published 2018-05-24 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-11410

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Liblouis version 3.5.0

Description: The issue is related to an invalid free in the compileRule function in compileTranslationTable.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to an application crash. The vulnerability is also described as a use-after-free issue in the compileRule function, which may have unspecified other impacts.

Recommendations: For Liblouis version 3.5.0, consider disabling the compileRule function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the compileTranslationTable.c module to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01877

CVE-2018-11410

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1160-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_1160-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10953-1

SUSE-SU-2019:0795-1

SUSE-SU-2019_0795-1

USN-3669-1

Affected Products

Liblouis

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 67

• 🔥 https://github.com/Edward-L/fuzzing-pocs/tree/master/liblouis · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1582024 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11410 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:0795-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11440 · Security Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3669-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11410 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10953-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11410 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3669-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01878 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11577 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11410 · Vendor Advisory