CVE-2026-88053

HIGH CVSS 4.0: 8.6 EPSS 0.18%
Updated Sep 16, 2026
Tesseract-Ocr
Parameter Value
CVSS 8.6 (HIGH)
Affected Versions before 5.5.3
Type CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)
Vendor Tesseract-Ocr
Public PoC No

Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. In version 5.5.3 and earlier, Classify::ReadIntTemplates in src/classify/intproto.cpp reads NumClassPruners, NumClasses, and NumProtoSets from the TESSDATA_INTTEMP component of a crafted .traineddata file and uses those values as loop bounds without validating them against MAX_NUM_CLASS_PRUNERS, MAX_NUM_CLASSES, and MAX_NUM_PROTO_SETS. The loops store heap pointers into fixed-capacity ClassPruners and ProtoSets arrays in INT_TEMPLATES_STRUCT and INT_CLASS_STRUCT, so an oversized count causes heap out-of-bounds pointer writes during legacy-classifier initialization before OCR begins, resulting in heap corruption, a crash, or potentially controlled corruption.

No fixed release is available as of this review.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Local
Requires local access
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
None
No additional conditions
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
High
Complete data leak
Integrity
High
Complete data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service

CVSS Vector v4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Vulnerable Products 1

Configuration From (including) Up to (excluding)
Tesseract-Ocr Tesseract_Ocr
cpe:2.3:a:tesseract-ocr:tesseract_ocr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
— <= 5.5.3