CVE-2018-7442
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.20%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-7442
To remediate CVE-2018-7442, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/leptonlib—upgrade to 1.76.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-7442 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.76.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |