In tesseract 2.03 and 2.04, an attacker can rewrite an arbitrary user file by guessing…
Priority LOW 22CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In tesseract 2.03 and 2.04, an attacker can rewrite an arbitrary user file by guessing the PID and creating a link to the user's file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00455 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:tesseract-ocr:tesseract_ocr:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.03 | Vulnerable | tesseract-ocr |
| cpe:2.3:a:tesseract-ocr:tesseract_ocr:2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.04 | Vulnerable | tesseract-ocr |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
- cpe:2.3:a:tesseract-ocr:tesseract_ocr:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.03 Vulnerable ·tesseract-ocr
- cpe:2.3:a:tesseract-ocr:tesseract_ocr:2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.04 Vulnerable ·tesseract-ocr
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-1136
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mr6c-m5m7-mvxj
References
Sources
- CVE-2011-1136 · CVE Program
- CVE-2011-1136 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mr6c-m5m7-mvxj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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