CVE-2017-13741 Use after free in n/a
A use-after-free in Liblouis allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-13741?
CVE-2017-13741 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
There is a use-after-free in the function compileBrailleIndicator() in compileTranslationTable.c in Liblouis 3.2.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13741?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Liblouis Liblouis.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13741?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2017-13741 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13741 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13741, GHSA-j298-5j4f-cw2m, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13741.