UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13743

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13743
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13743.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13743
Upstream
Published
2017-08-29T06:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:25Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

There is a buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function loushowString() in utils.c, that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / liblouis

Package

Name
liblouis
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.2-2
2.6.4-2
2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1
2.6.4-2ubuntu0.2
2.6.4-2ubuntu0.3
2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4
2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblouis9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-louis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-louis"
        }
    ]
}