CVE-2026-88050

Published: September 10th, 2026
Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. In version 5.5.3 and earlier, RecodedCharID::DeSerialize in src/ccutil/unicharcompress.h validates length_ but accepts negative code_ values from a crafted .traineddata recoder component. UnicharCompress::ComputeCodeRange in src/ccutil/unicharcompress.cpp can consequently produce code_range_ equal to zero, after which SetupDecoder indexes is_valid_start_ with the negative code on a size-zero vector. The resulting out-of-bounds bit write uses a large wrapped index and reliably causes a wild-address crash or allocation failure on the default LSTM engine. No fixed release is available as of this review.
Unknown
CVSS v2:

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DocFilters Release Package State Justification Comment
daily tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
26.3 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
26.2 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
26.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
25.4 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
25.3 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
25.2 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
25.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.4 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.4.0 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.3 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.2 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
24.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
23.3 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
23.2 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
23.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
22.4 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
22.3 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
22.2 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
22.1 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.11 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.8 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.5.0 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
21.2.0 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.19.3667 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.18.3599 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.16.3445 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.15.3368 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.14.3263 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.13.3179 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.12.3054 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.11.3040 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.11.2990 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.10.2934 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.9.2878 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage
11.4.8.2822 tesseract (3.02.02) Needs Triage

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