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CVE-2018-3836 Details

Description

An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the gplotMakeOutput function of Leptonica 1.74.4. A specially crafted gplot rootname argument can cause a command injection resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious path as input to an application that passes attacker data to this function to trigger this vulnerability.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00019.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0516 CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00019.html [email protected]Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0516 [email protected]ExploitThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
leptonica leptonica
1.74.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:leptonica:leptonica:1.74.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-3836
NVD Published Date:
Apr 24, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-3836 Details - Not Deferred