vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-7440): leptonlib vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 23, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 23, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput function allows command injection via a $(command) approach in the gplot rootname argument. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-3836.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-leptonlib
References
- CVE-2018-7440
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-7440
- CWE-78
- EUVD-EUVD-2018-19171
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-19171
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/issues/303#issuecomment-366472212
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/pull/313/commits/49ecb6c2dfd6ed5078c62f4a8eeff03e3beced3b
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7440
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