DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7440

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7440
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7440.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7440
Upstream
Published
2018-02-23T21:29:00.600Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:05:45.347085Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/leptonlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.75.3-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7440.json"

Debian:12 / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/leptonlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.75.3-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7440.json"

Debian:13 / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/leptonlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.75.3-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7440.json"

Debian:14 / leptonlib

Package

Name
leptonlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/leptonlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.75.3-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7440.json"