7.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-26981
Liblouis Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Liblouis through 3.21.0 has a buffer overflow in compilePassOpcode in compileTranslationTable.c (called, indirectly, by tools/lou_checktable.c).

INFO

Published Date :

March 13, 2022, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:54 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-26981 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-26981 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple macos
2 Apple iphone_os
3 Apple tvos
4 Apple watchos
5 Apple ipados
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Liblouis liblouis
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 7
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-26981.

URL Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/12 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/15 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/16 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/18 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1171 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CFD2KIHESDUCNWTEW3USFB5GKTWT624L/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-06 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213340 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213342 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213345 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213346 Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/12 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/15 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/16 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/18 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1171 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CFD2KIHESDUCNWTEW3USFB5GKTWT624L/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-06 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213340 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213342 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213345 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213346 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Dockerfile Shell C Python ReScript Makefile C++ Perl

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-26981 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-26981 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/12
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/15
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/16
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/18
    Added Reference https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1171
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CFD2KIHESDUCNWTEW3USFB5GKTWT624L/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-06
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213340
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213342
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213345
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213346
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CFD2KIHESDUCNWTEW3USFB5GKTWT624L/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CFD2KIHESDUCNWTEW3USFB5GKTWT624L/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-06 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-06 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 15.6 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 15.6
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/12 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/15 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/15 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/16 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/16 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/18 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CFD2KIHESDUCNWTEW3USFB5GKTWT624L/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CFD2KIHESDUCNWTEW3USFB5GKTWT624L/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213340 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213340 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213342 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213342 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213345 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213345 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213346 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213346 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 15.6 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 15.6 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 12.0 up to (excluding) 12.5 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 15.6 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.7
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/18 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213342 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/16 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/15 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/12 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213346 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213340 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213345 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CFD2KIHESDUCNWTEW3USFB5GKTWT624L/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1171 No Types Assigned https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/1171 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:liblouis:liblouis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.21.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-26981 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-26981 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} 0.05%

score

0.37116

percentile

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