An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the gplotMakeOutput function of Leptonica 1.74.4
Published Apr 24, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.43%
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.
Affected products
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- Version 1.74.4StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Bloomberg | Leptonica | n/a |
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Configuration 2
- 7.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.43% (0.01429) | 72.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.45% (0.01452) | 69.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00091) | 23.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 20.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 17.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 15.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01102) | 53.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.00% (0.01005) | 17.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.09% (0.01095) | 29.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.09% (0.01095) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00019.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0516 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00019.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0516 | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory |
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