CVE-2018-7247
published 2018-02-19CVE-2018-7247: An issue was discovered in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c in Leptonica before 1.75.3. Unsanitized input (rootname) can overflow a buffer, leading…
PriorityP343critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
2.49%
83.0th percentile
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.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | leptonlib | < leptonlib 1.76.0-1 (bookworm) | leptonlib 1.76.0-1 (bookworm) |
| leptonica | leptonica | < 1.75.3 | 1.75.3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8LOW
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GHSA
GHSA-29q2-994c-m8hr: An issue was discovered in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-7247 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 GHSA-29q2-994c-m8hr: An issue was discovered in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer
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.
OSV
CVE-2018-7247: An issue was discovered in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer
osv·2018-02-19·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-7247 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-7247: An issue was discovered in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer
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.
Ubuntu
Leptonica vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2022-02-08
CVE-2018-7247 Leptonica vulnerability
Title: Leptonica vulnerability
Summary: Leptonica could be made to run programs as your login if it opened
a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that Leptonica incorrectly handled certain image files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or other
unspecified impact.
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Debian
CVE-2018-7247: leptonlib - An issue was discovered in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c in Leptonica befor...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-7247 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-7247: leptonlib - An issue was discovered in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c in Leptonica befor...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.76.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.76.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.76.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.76.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.76.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7247 mingw-leptonica: leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-02-20·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-7247 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-7247 mingw-leptonica: leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-7247 mingw-leptonica: leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue af
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7247 leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c
bugzilla·2018-02-20·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-7247 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-7247 leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c
CVE-2018-7247 leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c
A flaw was found in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c in Leptonica before 1.75.3. An Unsanitized input (rootname) can overflow a buffer, thus potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or possibly other unspecified impact.
References:
https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/pull/309
Patch:
https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/c1079bb8e77cdd426759e466729917ca37a3ed9f
Discussion:
Created leptonica tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1547125]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1547126]
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Created mingw-leptonica tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1547133]
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7247 leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c [epel-all]
bugzilla·2018-02-20·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-7247 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-7247 leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c [epel-all]
CVE-2018-7247 leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple suppor
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7247 leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-02-20·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-7247 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-7247 leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-7247 leptonica: Unsanitized input in pixHtmlViewer in prog/htmlviewer.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple su
2018-02-19
Published