Critical severity · published Feb 23, 2018
CVE-2018-7442
An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3
9.1
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput function does not block '/' characters in the gplot rootname argument, potentially leading to path traversal and arbitrary file overwrite.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LE
Leptonica · Leptonica
through 1.75.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7442
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7442
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00086.html
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
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