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CVE-2014-8184

HIGHEPSS 72th pctl
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4. A stack-based buffer overflow was found in findTable() in liblouis. An attacker could create a malicious file that would cause applications that use liblouis (such as Orca) to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.

How to fix

Remediation Available
liblouisDebian
Fixed in:2.6.2-1CVE-2014-8184
Fixed in:2.6.2-1CVE-2014-8184
Fixed in:2.6.2-1CVE-2014-8184
Fixed in:2.6.2-1CVE-2014-8184
liblouisUbuntu
Fixed in:2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2USN-3474-1
liblouis-binUbuntu
Fixed in:2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2USN-3474-1
liblouis2Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2USN-3474-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.55%probability of exploitation in 30 days
72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

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