CVE-2018-7442
CRITICALleptonica < 1.75.3 - Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write via gplot rootname Argument
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00086.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
Scores
CVSS v3
9.1
EPSS
0.0203
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (1)
leptonica/leptonica
< 1.75.3
Published
Feb 23, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026