CVE-2018-7440
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 90)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.74% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-02-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| leptonica | leptonica |
References
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/issues/303#issuecomment-366472212
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/issues/303#issuecomment-366472212
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
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