CVE-2018-7186

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-7186
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-16 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-18 08:15:00 UTC
DescriptionLeptonica 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Leptonica Leptonica All All All All
Application Leptonica Leptonica All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security fixes: expect final changes for release 1.75.3. · DanBloomberg/leptonica@ee301cb · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Re: upload leptonlib MISC lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1302-1] leptonlib security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#890548 - leptonlib: CVE-2018-7186: Stack buffer overflows - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Leptonica: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202312-01) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710802 Gentoo Linux Leptonica Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202312-01)

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