CVE-2023-26768 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the compileTranslationTable.c and lou_setDataPath functions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00383.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Liblouis	Liblouis
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:liblouis:liblouis:3.24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
liblouis-0:3.16.1-5.el9	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2023:6385	2023-11-07T00:00:00Z

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-30561	Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the compileTranslationTable.c and lou_setDataPath functions.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5996-1	Liblouis vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5996-2	Libloius vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1301
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/pull/1302
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26768
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26768

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-26T15:46:04.214Z

Reserved: 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-26768

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:53:54.602Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-16T15:15:10.290

Modified: 2025-02-26T16:15:12.880

Link: CVE-2023-26768

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-03-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-26768 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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