Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 9.8/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/c1079bb8e77cdd426759e466729917ca37a3ed9fThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/c1079bb8e77cdd426759e466729917ca37a3ed9fThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 19, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified