CVE-2018-11410

Exp

An issue was discovered in Liblouis 3.5.0. A invalid free in the compileRule function in compileTranslationTable.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Published: 2018-05-24 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-11410 is rated High Exploit Risk (79/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.84%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-11410

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-11410

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 2025-11-21 1.89% 0.84% -1.05%
2 2025-11-18 0.84% 1.89% +1.05%
3 2025-06-19 0.84%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-11410

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
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.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-11410

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-11410

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-11410 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-2018-11410
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11410
suse medium CVE-2018-11410 severity moderate: SUSE including 47 source package names (liblouis, liblouis-data, …), 85 product×package rows across 29 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15, … (29 product lines)): Fixed 64, Known Not Affected 21. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11410/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-11410 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (liblouis), 5 status rows across 5 suites (artful, bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11410

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-11410

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
liblouis liblouis 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:liblouis:liblouis:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 17.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-11410

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