CVE-2018-17294 (GCVE-0-2018-17294)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-21 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:47
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Summary
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.
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CWE
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2018-09-21 00:00
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