7.5

CVE-2023-26767: liblouis Classic Buffer Overflow

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-26767DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26767openSUSE-SU-2024:12815-1
Published 16-03-2023Last modified 26-02-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-26767 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in liblouis. EPSS estimates a 1.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 5

Timeline

  1. 16-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Liblouis v.3.24.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the lou_logFile function at logginc.c endpoint.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Liblouis

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • liblouisAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.24.0-2
Liblouis1 product
Opensuse1 product
  • liblouis&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 3.25.0-1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • liblouis< 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.4+esm1 | < 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.5 | < 3.12.0-3ubuntu0.2 | < 3.20.0-2ubuntu0.2

4 vendors · 4 products

References

9 links