CVE-2018-7441
leptonica-progs: Leptonica through 1.75.3 uses hardcoded /tmp pathnames, which might allowlocal users to overwrite arbitrary files or...
CVE-2018-7441 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by leptonica-progs 1.76.0-1, released January 16, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
Routine
CVSS
n/a
Low
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0025
17th percentile
Leptonica through 1.75.3 uses hardcoded /tmp pathnames, which might allowlocal users to overwrite arbitrary files or have unspecified other impactby creating files in advance or winning a race condition, as demonstratedby /tmp/junk_split_image.ps in prog/splitimage2pdf.c.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| leptonica-progs · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 1.76.0-1 | leptonica-progs 1.76.0-1 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| leptonica-progs · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) | 1.76.0-1 | leptonica-progs 1.76.0-1 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| liblept5 · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) | 1.76.0-1 | liblept5 1.76.0-1 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| liblept5 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) | 1.76.0-1 | liblept5 1.76.0-1 | Jan 16, 2026 |