CVE-2014-8184

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 2, 2019 at 12:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLiblouis

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.5 ≤ v < 2.5.4
Affected range stops below 2.5.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8184
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/425

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-121CWE-119

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