What is CVE-2018-7441?

CVE-2018-7441 is a high-severity vulnerability in Leptonica, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-02-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-7441?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Leptonica

CVE-2018-7441

Leptonica through 1.75.3 uses hardcoded /tmp pathnames, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files or have unspecified other impact by creating files in advance or winning a race condition, as demonstrated by /tmp/junk_split_image.ps in prog/splitimage2pdf.c.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (17.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Leptonica
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7441?: CVE-2018-7441 is a high-severity vulnerability in Leptonica, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-02-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-7441?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.