Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. Prior to 5.5.3, a crafted .traineddata model loaded through TessBaseAPI::Init can cause SquishedDawg::read_squished_dawg in src/dict/dawg.cpp to accept an unterminated forward-edge run, after which SquishedDawg::Load calls num_forward_edges(0) and last_edge in src/dict/dawg.h reads beyond edges_, causing a heap out-of-bounds read and process crash before image processing. This issue is fixed in version 5.5.3.
CVE-2026-73067
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.7 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 97% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.7
- EG Score
- 6.7(medium)
- EG Risk
- 30(Track)EG Risk 30/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity67% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 11, 2026
Last Modified
August 11, 2026
Advisory Details (6)
Auto-updated Aug 11, 20265.5.3
Patch available: tesseract-ocr/tesseract 5.5.3
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.5.3commit 82727cc11c34 (tesseract-ocr/tesseract)
Patch available: tesseract-ocr/tesseract 5.5.3 (contains commit 82727cc11c34)
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/commit/82727cc11c34eaf1249af002d69f6bbae70993b9commit 55287a94b804 (tesseract-ocr/tesseract)
Patch available: tesseract-ocr/tesseract 5.5.3 (contains commit 55287a94b804)
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/commit/55287a94b8044c05ce3fd10f5aca6ebbd238e518Fix memory-safety issues in .traineddata deserialization
Patch available: tesseract-ocr/tesseract 5.5.3 (PR #4581 merged 2026-07-16)
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/pull/4581Request: enable Private Vulnerability Reporting / security contact · Issue #4580 · tesseract-ocr/tesseract · GitHub
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues/4580Heap OOB read in Tesseract DAWG loader · Advisory · tesseract-ocr/tesseract · GitHub
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/security/advisories/GHSA-x3vq-7rr7-5x3hWeakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-11 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-11 14:57 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 14:56 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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