Buffer overflow in Leptonica - CVE-2018-7247

 

Buffer overflow in Leptonica - CVE-2018-7247

Published: March 20, 2018 / Updated: March 21, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11176
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7247
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: DanBloomberg
Affected software:
Leptonica

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists in the pixHtmlViewer function due to buffer overflow. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-7247

Update to version 1.75.3.

Sources