Command Injection Vulnerability in Leptonica by 21st Century Technology
CVE-2018-3836

7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Dan Bloomberg

Status
Leptonica
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 April 2018

What is CVE-2018-3836?

An exploitable command injection vulnerability is present in the gplotMakeOutput function of Leptonica 1.74.4. This flaw allows an attacker to leverage a specially crafted gplot rootname argument to trigger command injection, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on the affected system. By providing a malicious path as input, an attacker can exploit applications that utilize this function, making them vulnerable to executing unauthorized commands.

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Affected Version(s)

Leptonica 1.74.4

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg0...
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https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/T...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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