jiNa OCR Image to Text 1.0 Denial of Service via PNG
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-789Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-789.
Summary
jiNa OCR Image to Text 1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing a malformed PNG file. Attackers can create a specially crafted PNG file with an oversized buffer and trigger the crash when the application attempts to convert the file to PDF.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00123 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convertimagetotext | jiNa OCR Image to Text | 1.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- jiNa OCR Image to Text VendorConvertimagetotext Affected 1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-25279
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7f68-83rr-fcww
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
Sources
- CVE-2018-25279 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-25279 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7f68-83rr-fcww · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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