What is CVE-2018-7247?

CVE-2018-7247 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Leptonica, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-7247?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Leptonica

CVE-2018-7247

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.025 (83.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Leptonica
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7247?: CVE-2018-7247 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Leptonica, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-7247?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.