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CVE-2017-18196
LOW · CVSS 3.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-02-23T21:29:00.243 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:12:22.367

Summary

Leptonica 1.74.4 constructs unintended pathnames (containing duplicated path components) when operating on files in /tmp subdirectories, which might allow local users to bypass intended file restrictions by leveraging access to a directory located deeper within the /tmp directory tree, as demonstrated by /tmp/ANY/PATH/ANY/PATH/input.tif.

Affected products

leptonica — leptonica

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References

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