CVE-2018-7440
published 2018-02-23CVE-2018-7440: An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput function allows command injection via a $(command) approach in the gplot rootname…
PriorityP355critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
3.74%
88.7th percentile
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.
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | leptonlib | < leptonlib 1.75.3-3 (bookworm) | leptonlib 1.75.3-3 (bookworm) |
| leptonica | leptonica | <= 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
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-x83x-c4xw-rr5g: An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-7440 [HIGH] CWE-78 GHSA-x83x-c4xw-rr5g: An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1
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.
OSV
CVE-2018-7440: An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1
osv·2018-02-23·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-7440 [HIGH] CVE-2018-7440: An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1
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.
Debian
CVE-2018-7440: leptonlib - An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput functio...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-7440 [HIGH] CVE-2018-7440: leptonlib - An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput functio...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.75.3-3)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.75.3-3)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.75.3-3)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.75.3-3)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.75.3-3)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7440 leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix)
bugzilla·2018-02-27·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-7440 [HIGH] CVE-2018-7440 leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix)
CVE-2018-7440 leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix)
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://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/issues/303#issuecomment-366472212
Discussion:
Created leptonica tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1549726]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1549729]
Created mingw-leptonica tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1549727]
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7440 leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix) [epel-all]
bugzilla·2018-02-27·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-7440 [HIGH] CVE-2018-7440 leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix) [epel-all]
CVE-2018-7440 leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix) [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 multip
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7440 mingw-leptonica: leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix) [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-02-27·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-7440 [HIGH] CVE-2018-7440 mingw-leptonica: leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix) [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-7440 mingw-leptonica: leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix) [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
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7440 leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix) [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-02-27·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-7440 [HIGH] CVE-2018-7440 leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix) [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-7440 leptonica: gplotMakeOutput command injection (CVE-2018-3836 incomplete fix) [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 mu
https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/issues/303#issuecomment-366472212https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/issues/303#issuecomment-366472212https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
2018-02-23
Published