UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7442

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7442

    Published: 23 Feb 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-7442

    Summary:

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7442, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00086.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7442

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: leptonlib

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.69-4ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High