Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-7442

critical

CVE-2018-7442

An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutp ...

Published Modified CWE 22
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11leptonlib1.76.0-1
debian 12leptonlib1.76.0-1
debian 13leptonlib1.76.0-1
debian 14leptonlib1.76.0-1
debian 7leptonlibno fix listed
echoleptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMleptonlibno fix listed
ubuntu 18.10leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 19.04leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 19.10leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 20.04leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 20.04-ESMleptonlib1.76.0-1
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SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11leptonlib1.76.0-1
debian 12leptonlib1.76.0-1
debian 13leptonlib1.76.0-1
debian 14leptonlib1.76.0-1
debian 7leptonlibno fix listed
echoleptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMleptonlibno fix listed
ubuntu 18.10leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 19.04leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 19.10leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 20.04leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 20.04-ESMleptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 20.10leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 21.04leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 21.10leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 22.04leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 22.10leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 23.04leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 23.10leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 24.04leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 24.10leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 25.04leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 25.10leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 26.04leptonlib1.76.0-1
ubuntu 26.10leptonlib1.76.0-1

References

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