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Unscored USN-3408-1 5 CVEs

liblouis vulnerabilities

Published Sep 4, 2017 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that an illegal address access can be made in
Liblouis. A remote attacker can take advantange of this to
access sensitive information. (CVE-2017-13738, CVE-2017-13744)

It was discovered a heap-based buffer overflow that causes bytes
out-of-bounds write in Liblouis. A remote attacker can use this to
denial of service or remote code execution. (CVE-2017-13739)

It was discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis. A remote
attacker can use this to denial of service or possibly unspecified other
impact. (CVE-2017-13740, CVE-2017-13742)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS liblouis 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS liblouis 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13738
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13739
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13740
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13742
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13744