Vulnerability Database · Debian · Package report
liblouis: vulnerability history, versions and safety
liblouis is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 37 vulnerabilities for it across 49 releases, from Aug 2017 to Mar 2023. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.
No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.
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Vulert verdict on liblouis i
Updated on 23 Oct 2026
Careful: 5 of the 37 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package have no fix yet. Plan around those, or apply the workaround listed for each. The rest have a fixed version to move to.
What to do: Plan around the 5 vulnerabilities with no published fix: each lists the affected range and any workaround that reduces exposure. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →
- Vulnerabilities on record 37 over 5 years · 0 in the last year i
- Latest disclosure 16 Mar 2023 i
- Highest CVSS 9.8 i
- With no published fix 5 i
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01 Versions
Which versions are affected
Every version Vulert holds for liblouis, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.
Newest 49 of 49 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.
02 Disclosure history
How often vulnerabilities are recorded
Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 37 were recorded in the last 12 months.
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03 Vulnerabilities
Recorded vulnerabilities for liblouis
| Vulnerability | Severity | Fixed version ↓ | Disclosed ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denial of Service Vulnerability in Liblouis 3.5.0: Invalid Free in compileRule Function | 9.8 critical | 3.5.0-2 | 24 May 2018 |
| Illegal Address Access in Liblouis 3.2.0 | 8.8 high | 3.3.0-1 | 29 Aug 2017 |
| Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Liblouis | 8.8 high | 3.3.0-1 | 29 Aug 2017 |
| Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Liblouis | 8.8 high | 3.3.0-1 | 29 Aug 2017 |
| Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in Liblouis Package: CVE-2018-11440 | 8.8 high | 3.5.0-3 | 25 May 2018 |
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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315
