Vulnerability Details : CVE-2014-8184
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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute code
Products affected by CVE-2014-8184
- cpe:2.3:a:liblouis:liblouis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8184
0.69%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 69 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2014-8184
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
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NIST | |
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7.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
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5.9
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Red Hat, Inc. | |
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7.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
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5.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2014-8184
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
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A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).Assigned by: secalert@redhat.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2014-8184
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https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/425
stack-based buffer overflow findTable() (CVE-2014-8184) · Issue #425 · liblouis/liblouis · GitHubIssue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8184
1492701 – (CVE-2014-8184) CVE-2014-8184 liblouis: stack-based buffer overflow in findTable()Issue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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