CVE-2026-119338

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
ProductTesseract
PublishedOct 30, 2026
First seenNov 4, 2026

How to fix

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tesseract-ocr tesseract>= 5.4.0, < 5.5.4—

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