Is CVE-2018-17294 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-17294 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-17294?

CVE-2018-17294 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-17294?

CVE-2018-17294 has an EPSS score of 2.72% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17294?

Upgrade liblouis on debian 11 to 3.7.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 6 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-17294

MEDIUMEPSS 84th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

liblouisDebian

Fixed in:3.7.0-1CVE-2018-17294

liblouisUbuntu

Fixed in:2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5USN-3782-1

Fixed in:2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4USN-3782-1

Fixed in:3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3USN-3782-1

liblouis-binUbuntu

Fixed in:2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5USN-3782-1

Fixed in:2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4USN-3782-1

Fixed in:3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3USN-3782-1

liblouis14Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3USN-3782-1

liblouis2Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5USN-3782-1

liblouis9Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4USN-3782-1

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 VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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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.