CVE-2018-7247
Published: 19 February 2018
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.
From the Ubuntu security team
It was discovered tha Leptonica incorrectly handled certain image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or other unspecified impact.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 9.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
leptonlib Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Released
(1.76.0-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|