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CVE-2018-7442

critical

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00086.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-02-23

Updated: 2023-12-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical