CVE-2018-7440

critical

Description

An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput function allows command injection via a $(command) approach in the gplot rootname argument. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-3836.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html

https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/issues/303#issuecomment-366472212

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-02-23

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical