Vulnerability · Published Mar 16, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-26769
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the liblouis package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis Lou_Trace v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the resolveSubtable function at compileTranslationTabel.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | liblouis | 3.16.1-5.el9 | ALSA-2023:6385 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | python3-louis | 3.16.1-5.el9 | ALSA-2023:6385 |
| Debian:12 | liblouis | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26769 |
| Debian:13 | liblouis | 3.24.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26769 |
| Debian:14 | liblouis | 3.24.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26769 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | liblouis | 0:3.16.1-5.el9 | RLSA-2023:6385 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | liblouis | 3.20.0-2ubuntu0.2 | USN-5996-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | liblouis | 3.20.0-2ubuntu0.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26769 |