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Tesseract-Ocr Tesseract Ocr

CVE-2022-38266

An issue in the Leptonica linked library (v1.79.0) allows attackers to cause an arithmetic exception leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted JPEG file.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Tesseract-Ocr Tesseract Ocr. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • Code showing how to exploit it has been published, but real attacks have not been confirmed.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Tesseract-Ocr Tesseract Ocr, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
6.5 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-369
Assigned by
cve@mitre.org

Dates

Published
2022-09-09
Last modified
2026-09-14
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Tesseract-Ocr Tesseract Ocr5.0.0
  • Leptonica Leptonica- 1.80.0
  • Debian Debian Linux10.0

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References