Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-31783
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the liblouis package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Liblouis 3.21.0 has an out-of-bounds write in compileRule in compileTranslationTable.c, as demonstrated by lou_trace.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | liblouis | 3.22.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31783 |
| Debian:13 | liblouis | 3.22.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31783 |
| Debian:14 | liblouis | 3.22.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31783 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | liblouis | 3.20.0-2ubuntu0.1 | USN-5476-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | liblouis | 3.20.0-2ubuntu0.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31783 |