Description
An issue in the Leptonica linked library (v1.79.0) allows attackers to cause an arithmetic exception leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted JPEG file.
Affected products
tesseract-ocr: tesseract ocr; leptonica: leptonica; debian: debian linux
References8
- github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/f062b42c0ea8dddebdc6a1… PatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/f062b42c0ea8dddebdc6a1… PatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues/3498 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues/3498 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00018.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00018.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 2% percentile: 75 · as of 6 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-369
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