CVE-2018-3836
leptonlib - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.13%
Description
An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the gplotMakeOutput function of Leptonica 1.74.4. A specially crafted gplot rootname argument can cause a command injection resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious path as input to an application that passes attacker data to this function to trigger this vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-3836
To remediate CVE-2018-3836, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.75.3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.69-3.1+deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-3836 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.75.3-1
- from 0, < 1.69-3.1+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |