CVE catalog
CVE-2018-7441
leptonlib: CVE-2018-7441
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.25% · Oct 27, 2026
Leptonica through 1.75.3 uses hardcoded /tmp pathnames, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files or have unspecified other impact by creating files in advance or winning a race condition, as demonstrated by /tmp/junk_split_image.ps in prog/splitimage2pdf.c.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | leptonlib | sid | 1.86.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | leptonlib | forky | 1.86.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | leptonlib | trixie | 1.84.1-4 | fixed |
| Debian | leptonlib | bookworm | 1.82.0-3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | leptonlib | pro | 1.74.4-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | leptonlib | pro | 1.74.4-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | leptonlib | pro | 1.75.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | leptonlib | pro | 1.75.3-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | leptonlib | pro | 1.75.3-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | leptonlib | pro | 1.75.3-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | leptonlib | source | sid | 1.76.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | leptonlib | source | forky | 1.76.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | leptonlib | source | trixie | 1.76.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | leptonlib | source | bookworm | 1.76.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [leptonica-progs]Fixed
Source package: [leptonlib]
Details (2)
1.82.0-3+b3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · bookworm; dsa · leptonlib · debian · 12
1.82.0-3+b3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · bookworm; dsa · leptonlib · debian · 12
- [liblept5]Fixed
Source package: [leptonlib]
Details (2)
1.82.0-3+b3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · bookworm; dsa · leptonlib · debian · 12
1.82.0-3+b3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · bookworm; dsa · leptonlib · debian · 12
- [libleptonica-dev]Fixed
Source package: [leptonlib]
Details (2)
1.82.0-3+b3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · bookworm; dsa · leptonlib · debian · 12
1.82.0-3+b3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · bookworm; dsa · leptonlib · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [leptonica-progs]Fixed
Source package: [leptonlib]
Details (2)
1.84.1-4· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · 13
1.84.1-4· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · 13
- [libleptonica6]Fixed
Source package: [leptonlib]
Details (2)
1.84.1-4· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · 13
1.84.1-4· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · 13
- [libleptonica-dev]Fixed
Source package: [leptonlib]
Details (2)
1.84.1-4· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · 13
1.84.1-4· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.76.0-1dsa · leptonlib · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10914-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7441]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7441]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7441]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2018/cve-2018-7441.json]
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