usn-3782-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-10-03 12:01
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
liblouis vulnerabilities
Details

Henri Salo discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12085)

It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17294)


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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-12085",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-data",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "liblouis2",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-louis",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-louis",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "liblouis",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.5.3-2",
        "2.5.3-2ubuntu1",
        "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.1",
        "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2",
        "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.3",
        "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.4"
      ]
    },
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-12085",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-data",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "liblouis9",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-louis",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-louis",
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "liblouis",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.6.2-2",
        "2.6.4-2",
        "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1",
        "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.2",
        "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-12085",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-17294",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-bin",
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-data",
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "liblouis14",
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-louis",
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-louis",
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "liblouis",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.0.0-3ubuntu1",
        "3.3.0-1",
        "3.4.1-1",
        "3.5.0-1",
        "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1",
        "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Henri Salo discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2018-12085)\n\nIt was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-17294)\n",
  "id": "USN-3782-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:36Z",
  "published": "2018-10-03T12:01:06Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3782-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12085"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17294"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "liblouis vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12085",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17294"
  ]
}



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