VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-33481
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in try_to_divide_boxes() in pgm2asc.c.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.22%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in try_to_divide_boxes() in pgm2asc.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.22% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-787
- Affected
- optical character recognition project/optical character recognition
- Source
- patrick@puiterwijk.org
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962865Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-28
- https://sourceforge.net/p/jocr/bugs/42/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962865Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-28
- https://sourceforge.net/p/jocr/bugs/42/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.