CVE-2014-8184 HIGH

CVE-2014-8184

Vendor Liblouis
Product liblouis
Weakness CWE-121
Published August 2, 2019
Last update August 6, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 2, 2019 CVE published
August 6, 2024 Record updated