8.8

CVE-2018-11685: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-11685DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11685
Published 04-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-11685 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.20%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1160-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10953-1RHSA-2020:1708SUSE-SU-2018:2569-1SUSE-SU-2018:2780-1SUSE-SU-2019:0795-1

Timeline

  1. 04-06-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function compileHyphenation in compileTranslationTable.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 2.23% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • liblouis< 3.5.0-3
Liblouis1 product
Opensuse1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • liblouis< 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.4 | < 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.3 | < 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.2

5 vendors · 5 products

References

7 links