CVE-2014-8184

A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4. A stack-based buffer overflow was found in findTable() in liblouis. An attacker could create a malicious file that would cause applications that use liblouis (such as Orca) to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.

Published: 2019-08-02 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8184 is rated Moderate Risk (54.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8184

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 2.09% 0.69% -1.40%
2 2025-03-29 0.69% 2.09% +1.40%
3 2025-03-19 — 0.69% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8184

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8184

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8184

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-8184 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (liblouis), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8184
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8184
suse high CVE-2014-8184 severity important: SUSE including 15 source package names (liblouis, liblouis-1.7.0-1.3.6.1, …), 95 product×package rows across 27 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (27 product lines)): Known Not Affected 78, Fixed 17. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8184/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8184 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (liblouis), 5 status rows across 5 suites (artful, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8184

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8184

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
liblouis liblouis >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:liblouis:liblouis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8184

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8184 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/425 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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