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CVE-2018-7440

Leptonica vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in Leptonica through 1.75.3. The gplotMakeOutput function allows command injection via a $(command) approach in the gplot rootname argument. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-3836.
Affected vendor
Leptonica
Affected product
Leptonica
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2018-02-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-7440

  • Confirm whether Leptonica Leptonica is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-7440.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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