UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7442

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7442
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7442.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7442
Upstream
Published
2018-02-23T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:47Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/leptonlib@1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.69-4ubuntu1
1.69-4ubuntu2
1.69-4ubuntu3
1.69-4ubuntu4
1.70.1-1
1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "leptonica-progs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblept4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.70.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libleptonica-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/leptonlib@1.73-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.72-3
1.72-3build1
1.73-1
1.73-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.73-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "leptonica-progs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.73-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblept5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.73-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libleptonica-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/leptonlib@1.75.3-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.74.4-1
1.74.4-2
1.75.3-1
1.75.3-2
1.75.3-3
1.75.3-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.75.3-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "leptonica-progs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.75.3-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblept5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.75.3-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libleptonica-dev"
        }
    ]
}