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CVE-2018-7442
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-02-23T21:29:00.710 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:03:08.090

Summary

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.

Affected products

leptonica — leptonica

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References

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