CVE-2018-11410 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via an invalid free in the Liblouis braille translation library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-11410?
CVE-2018-11410 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Liblouis 3.5.0. A invalid free in the compileRule function in compileTranslationTable.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11410?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Liblouis Liblouis.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11410?
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-2018-11410 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11410 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11410, GHSA-q952-frq9-cpf7, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11410.