USN-8882-1: Tesseract vulnerabilities

Publication date

6 October 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Tesseract.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that Tesseract incorrectly handled crafted .traineddata
models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tesseract to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-73067)

It was discovered that Tesseract did not properly validate dimensions in
crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-73066)

It was discovered that Tesseract did not properly limit token lengths in
crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-88047)

It was discovered that Tesseract did not properly validate layer dimensions
in crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-88048)

It...

It was discovered that Tesseract incorrectly handled crafted .traineddata
models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tesseract to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-73067)

It was discovered that Tesseract did not properly validate dimensions in
crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-73066)

It was discovered that Tesseract did not properly limit token lengths in
crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-88047)

It was discovered that Tesseract did not properly validate layer dimensions
in crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-88048)

It was discovered that Tesseract did not properly validate layer sizes in
crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-88049)

It was discovered that Tesseract incorrectly handled negative character
codes in crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Tesseract to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-88050)

It was discovered that Tesseract did not properly validate vector sizes in
crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-88051)

It was discovered that Tesseract did not properly validate character IDs in
crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-88052)

It was discovered that Tesseract did not properly validate classifier
counts in crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-88053)

It was discovered that Tesseract incorrectly handled empty network layers
in crafted .traineddata models. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Tesseract to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-88054)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute libtesseract5 –  5.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
24.04 LTS noble libtesseract5 –  5.3.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
22.04 LTS jammy libtesseract4 –  4.1.1-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 LTS focal libtesseract4 –  4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic libtesseract4 –  4.00~git2288-10f4998a-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial libtesseract3 –  3.04.01-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
14.04 LTS trusty libtesseract3 –  3.03.02-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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