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CVE-2018-11410

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11410 is a critical vulnerability affecting Liblouis 3.5.0 and related Canonical Ubuntu Linux distributions. It involves an invalid free error within the compileRule function, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial-of-service condition or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and there is minimal community discussion, its high severity warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liblouis:liblouis:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0511 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: liblouis

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-11410Low

liblouis: invalid free in compileRule function in compileTranslationTable.c

May 23, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
docs.google.com / document/d/1Uw3D6ECXZr8S2cWOTY81kg6ivv0WpR4kQqxVpUSyGUA/edit
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3669-1
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104324
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry