CVE-2018-7442

CriticalCVSS 9.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput function does not block '/' characters in the gplot rootname argument, potentially leading to path traversal and arbitrary file overwrite.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 23, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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