Is CVE-2017-15101 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-15101 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-15101?

CVE-2017-15101 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-15101?

CVE-2017-15101 has an EPSS score of 1.52% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15101?

Upgrade liblouis to 2.5.4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-15101

HIGHEPSS 71th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Red Hat version of liblouis before 2.5.4. An attacker could cause a denial of service condition or potentially even arbitrary code execution.

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

liblouisNVD

Affected:< 2.5.4Fixed in:2.5.4CVE-2017-15101derived from NVD

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Third-Party Advisory1

access.redhat.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2009-0927	High	8.8	97%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-10924	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-20705	Critical	10.0	80%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.