Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-13743
CVE-2017-13743
Description
There is a buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function _lou_showString() in utils.c, that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
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Affected products
28- osv-coords26 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/liblouis&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/liblouis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/python3-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python3-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/python3-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python3-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/python3-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python3-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python3-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/python-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/python-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/python-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/python-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-louis&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3
< 3.16.1-1.5+ 25 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.16.1-1.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.0-1.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.0-1.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.0-1.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.0-1.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.4-6.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100607nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111nvd
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