CVE-2018-3836 An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the gplotMakeOutput function of Leptonica 1.74.4. A specially crafted gplot rootname argument can cause a command injection resulting in arbitr...
HighCVSS 7.8
EPSS 1.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the gplotMakeOutput function of Leptonica 1.74.4. A specially crafted gplot rootname argument can cause a command injection resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious path as input to an application that passes attacker data to this function to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/leptonlib(Debian:12) | < 1.75.3-1 | 1.75.3-1 |
| debian/leptonlib(Debian:13) | < 1.75.3-1 | 1.75.3-1 |
| debian/leptonlib(Debian:14) | < 1.75.3-1 | 1.75.3-1 |
| leptonica | = 1.74.4 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 7.0 | No fix listed |
| Dan Bloomberg Leptonica | = 1.74.4 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2018-3836 vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180215 [SECURITY] [DLA 1284-1] leptonlib security update mailing-list third-party-advisory
- www.talosintelligence.com exploit third-party-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking