7.1High

Tesseract-Ocr Tesseract Ocr

CVE-2026-88048

Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. In version 5.5.3 and earlier, FullyConnected::DeSerialize in src/lstm/fullyconnected.cpp does not validate the deserialized layer scalars ni_ and no_ against the weight-matrix dimensions. During FullyConnected::Forward, MatrixDotVector in src/lstm/weightmatrix.cpp writes w.dim1() results into temp_line, which is sized from no_, and reads w.dim2() minus one inputs from curr_input, which is sized from ni_. A crafted .traineddata NT_SOFTMAX layer can therefore use inconsistent dimensions to cause a heap out-of-bounds write and read on the default LSTM engine, resulting in heap corruption, a crash, information disclosure, or potentially controlled corruption. No fixed release is available as of this review.

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.
  • An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.1% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 1% of all known flaws.

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
7.1 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4
8.6
Weakness
CWE-125
Assigned by
security-advisories@github.com

Dates

Published
2026-09-10
Last modified
2026-09-14
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Tesseract-Ocr Tesseract Ocr- 5.5.3

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

References