CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-7186

Leptonica before 1.75.3 does not limit the number of characters in a %s format argument to fscanf or sscanf, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, as demonstrated by the gplotRead and ptaReadStream functions.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00054.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/ee301cb2029db8a6289c5295daa42bba7715e99a Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/890548 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:leptonica:leptonica:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-02-16 04:29

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-7186

Mitre link : CVE-2018-7186

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787