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CVE-2026-119338VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Tesseract: From 5.4.0 until 5.5.4, AppendLinePolygon

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-119338· Medium 6.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium · fixed in 5.5.4 : update tesseract when convenient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 12:35 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 4.06.9
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.5.4
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 26.10tesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=stonkingOther threatsAffected
  • =5.5.0-1build1
  • =5.5.0-1.1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTStesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/resoluteOther threatsAffected
  • =5.5.0-1
  • =5.5.0-1build1
  • =5.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTStesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/nobleOther threatsAffected
  • 5.3.0-2build1 – 5.3.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
8 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTStesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammyOther threatsAffected
  • =4.1.1-2.1
  • =4.1.1-2.1build1
  • =4.1.1-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTStesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focalOther threatsAffected
  • 4.1.0-1 – 4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
7 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTStesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionicOther threatsAffected
  • 3.04.01-6 – 4.00~git2288-10f4998a-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
9 affected builds
Fixed in–

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Description

Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. From 5.4.0 until 5.5.4, AppendLinePolygon in src/api/pagerenderer.cpp destroys the caller-owned right-to-left Pta accumulator while receiving it by value, leaving line_top_rtl_pts and line_bottom_rtl_pts dangling. On an upright Hebrew or Arabic page at the default PAGE XML level, POLYGONFLAG with a false skewed_flag enters the vulnerable calls, while LEVELFLAG greater than zero provides an alternative gate. The calls repeatedly read and free the stale object, causing a double free and use after free and allowing corrupted coordinates to reach RecalcPolygonline. This issue is fixed in version 5.5.4.

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