RCE in Dan Bloomberg Leptonica
CVE-2018-3836
An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the gplotMakeOutput function of Leptonica 1.74.4. A specially crafted gplot rootname argument can cause a command injection resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious path as input to an application that passes attacker data to this function to trigger this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (72.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.014 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Dan Bloomberg Leptonica — versions 1.74.4
- Leptonica — versions 1.74.4
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00019.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0516 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-3836?
- CVE-2018-3836 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dan Bloomberg Leptonica, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-04-24.
- How severe is CVE-2018-3836?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.