An issue was discovered in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c in Leptonica before 1.75.3.
Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
An issue was discovered in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c in Leptonica before 1.75.3. Unsanitized input (rootname) can overflow a buffer, leading potentially to arbitrary code execution or possibly unspecified other impact.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02466 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-7247
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-29q2-994c-m8hr
References
More Leptonica vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-05365 An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-05207 Leptonica before 1.75.3 does not limit the number of characters in a %s format argument… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-05367 An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2020-18579 Leptonica before 1.80.0 allows a heap-based buffer over-read in pixFewColorsOctcubeQuantMixed in colorquant1.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-18577 Leptonica before 1.80.0 allows a heap-based buffer over-read in rasteropGeneralLow… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-18576 Leptonica before 1.80.0 allows a heap-based buffer over-read in findNextBorderPixel in ccbord.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2018-7247 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-7247 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-29q2-994c-m8hr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-7247 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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