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TI-2018-05367 Aliases CVE-2018-7442GHSA-fmvw-q9g6-wfgh

An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3.

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01995 80th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:leptonica:leptonica:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.75.3VulnerableLeptonica
  • cpe:2.3:a:leptonica:leptonica:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.75.3 Vulnerable ·Leptonica

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-2018-7442
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fmvw-q9g6-wfgh

References

Advisory 2

  • 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-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
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Sources

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