REDHAT-BUG-1488942: Buffer Overflow

First published: Wed Sep 06 2017(Updated: )

There is a buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function _lou_showString() in utils.c, that will lead to a denial of service attack. Product bug: <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED WONTFIX - There is a heap overflow in liblouis which is triggered at function _lou_showString()." href="show_bug.cgi?id=1484335">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484335</a>

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