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TI-2018-02806 Aliases CVE-2018-3836GHSA-jv24-gr2j-qp4r

OS command injection in Dan Bloomberg Leptonica

Priority LOW 37CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01429 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Dan BloombergLeptonica1.74.4—No fix listedCNA
  • Leptonica VendorDan Bloomberg Affected 1.74.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:leptonica:leptonica:1.74.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.74.4VulnerableLeptonica
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:leptonica:leptonica:1.74.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.74.4 Vulnerable ·Leptonica
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-3836
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jv24-gr2j-qp4r

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Sources

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