CVE-2022-26981
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 13, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:36 AM UTC
7 products affected across 3 vendorsmacOSFedoraiPhone OS
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Liblouis through 3.21.0 has a buffer overflow in compilePassOpcode in compileTranslationTable.c (called, indirectly, by tools/lou_checktable.c).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 15.6
Affected range stops below 15.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 15.6
Affected range stops below 15.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
12.0 ≤ v < 12.5
Affected range stops below 12.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 15.6
Affected range stops below 15.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 8.7
Affected range stops below 8.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
v ≤ 3.21.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/12Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/15Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/16Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/18ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1171Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-06CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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