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CVE-2017-13740

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1880%

EPSS Percentile25.95th

PublishedAug 29, 2017

Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability Description

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c, that will lead to denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Liblouis

Liblouis

= 3.2.0

References & Advisories

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100607

🔗 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111

🔗 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484306

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100607

🔗 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111

🔗 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484306

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