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high 7.8

CVE-2014-8184 json

A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-8025

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4. A stack-based buffer overflow was found in findTable() in liblouis. An attacker could create a malicious file that would cause applications that use liblouis (such as Orca) to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.

Patch / fix

  • liblouis liblouis 2.5.4
  • liblouis Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8184

  • liblouis Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8184

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  • liblouis RHEL 7 2.5.2-11.el7_4
  • liblouis-utils RHEL 7 2.5.2-11.el7_4
  • liblouis-python RHEL 7 2.5.2-11.el7_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:3111

  • liblouis SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 1.7.0-1.3.6.1
  • python-louis SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 1.7.0-1.3.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3078-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8184 updated cvss 7.8

liblouis: stack-based buffer overflow in findTable()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) liblouis 2.5.2-11.el7_4, liblouis-python 2.5.2-11.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) liblouis-utils 2.5.2-11.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) liblouis 2.5.2-11.el7_4, liblouis-python 2.5.2-11.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) liblouis-utils 2.5.2-11.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) liblouis 2.5.2-11.el7_4, liblouis-python 2.5.2-11.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) liblouis-utils 2.5.2-11.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3111

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Exploit prediction

1.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Liblouis liblouis

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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