CVE-2017-13743 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A buffer overflow 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-2017-13743?

CVE-2017-13743 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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 buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function _lou_showString() in utils.c, that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13743?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Liblouis Liblouis.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13743?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-13743 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13743 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13743, GHSA-6frw-vhvg-c77r, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13743.

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