VDB
CVE-2018-7186
CVE-2018-7186
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 3.12% · 87.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
3.12%
87.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | leptonlib | 0, 1.72-3, 1.72-3build1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | leptonlib | 1.69-4ubuntu1, 1.69-4ubuntu2, 1.69-4ubuntu3 |
Timeline
- Feb 16, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7186 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/ee301cb2029db8a6289c5295daa42bba7715e99a third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/890548 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00054.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7186 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4819-1 vendor-advisory