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CVE-2018-7186

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.

  • Published: Feb 16, 2018
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2018-7186
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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