Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Feb 23, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-7442
CVE-2018-7442
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.
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2Patches
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References
2- lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00086.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01nvd
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