DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7442

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7442
Import Source
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JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7442
Upstream
Published
2018-02-23T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:36Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/leptonlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.76.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/leptonlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.76.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/leptonlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.76.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/leptonlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.76.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}