Leptonica through 1.75.3 uses hardcoded /tmp pathnames, which might allow local users to…
Priority LOW 30CWE-362Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Leptonica through 1.75.3 uses hardcoded /tmp pathnames, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files or have unspecified other impact by creating files in advance or winning a race condition, as demonstrated by /tmp/junk_split_image.ps in prog/splitimage2pdf.c.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00254 17th 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-2018-7441
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ffph-9q4q-c343
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-2018-05256 An issue was discovered in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c in Leptonica before 1.75.3. 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
Sources
- CVE-2018-7441 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-7441 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ffph-9q4q-c343 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-7441 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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