vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-7441): leptonlib vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 23, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | May 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 23, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
May 25, 2026
Description
Leptonica through 1.75.3 uses hardcoded /tmp pathnames, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files or have unspecified other impact by creating files in advance or winning a race condition, as demonstrated by /tmp/junk_split_image.ps in prog/splitimage2pdf.c.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-leptonlib
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