CVE catalog

CVE-2017-15101

liblouis: CVE-2017-15101

Severity: High · CVSS 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Nov 2, 2017, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.52% · Oct 25, 2026

A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Red Hat version of liblouis before 2.5.4. An attacker could cause a denial of service condition or potentially even arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	liblouis	sid	`3.39.0-1`	not affected
Debian	liblouis	forky	`3.39.0-1`	not affected
Debian	liblouis	trixie	`3.33.0-1`	not affected
Debian	liblouis	bookworm	`3.24.0-1`	not affected
Ubuntu	liblouis	14.04	`2.5.3-2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	liblouis	14.04	`2.5.3-2ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	liblouis	14.04	`2.5.3-2ubuntu1.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	liblouis	14.04	`2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	liblouis	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	liblouis	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	liblouis	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	liblouis	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	liblouis	deb	14.04	`2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15101	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[liblouis20]Not affected
Source package: [liblouis]
Details (4)
- 3.24.0-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.24.0-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.33.0-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.33.0-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
[liblouis-bin]Not affected
Source package: [liblouis]
Details (4)
- 3.24.0-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.24.0-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.33.0-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.33.0-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
[liblouis-data]Not affected
Source package: [liblouis]
Details (4)
- 3.24.0-1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.24.0-1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.33.0-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.33.0-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
[liblouis-dev]Not affected
Source package: [liblouis]
Details (4)
- 3.24.0-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.24.0-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.33.0-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.33.0-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
[python3-louis]Not affected
Source package: [liblouis]
Details (4)
- 3.24.0-1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.24.0-1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.33.0-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm
- 3.33.0-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  dsa · liblouis · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:27:03 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]