CVE-2018-7186
Leptonica sscanf Format String Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 16, 2018, 4:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 4:11 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.0 | CRITICAL | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the Leptonica packages.
- Upgrade to the latest version.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-7186.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugs.debian.org/890548 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/ee301cb2029db8a6289c5295daa42bba7715e99a | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00054.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01 | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/890548 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/ee301cb2029db8a6289c5295daa42bba7715e99a | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00054.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01 |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-7186 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-7186
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2018-7186 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-7186 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
-
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://bugs.debian.org/890548 Added Reference https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/ee301cb2029db8a6289c5295daa42bba7715e99a Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00054.html Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 18, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01 [No types assigned] -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 24, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-119 CWE-787 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 14, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/890548 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/890548 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00054.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2018/02/msg00054.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/ee301cb2029db8a6289c5295daa42bba7715e99a No Types Assigned https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/ee301cb2029db8a6289c5295daa42bba7715e99a Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:leptonica:leptonica:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.75.3 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 08, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00005.html [No Types Assigned]
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
3.04 }} 1.46%
score
0.86162
percentile