CVE-2018-7442

Publication date 23 February 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
leptonlib 24.10 oracular
Fixed 1.76.0-1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.76.0-1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1.76.0-1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1.76.0-1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1.76.0-1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.76.0-1
21.10 impish
Fixed 1.76.0-1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1.76.0-1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1.76.0-1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.76.0-1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 1.76.0-1
19.04 disco
Fixed 1.76.0-1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1.76.0-1
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N