{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17294","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T12:57:54.332168Z","published":"2018-09-21T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3782-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-17294"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17294"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3782-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17294"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"liblouis","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"}]}],"versions":["3.0.0-3ubuntu1","3.3.0-1","3.4.1-1","3.5.0-1","3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1","3.5.0-1ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"liblouis-bin","binary_version":"3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"liblouis-data","binary_version":"3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"liblouis14","binary_version":"3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"python-louis","binary_version":"3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_version":"3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3","binary_name":"python3-louis"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17294.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}