Vulnerability · Published Nov 17, 2021 · Assigned by fedora
CVE-2021-33481
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity memory corruption in gocr. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in try_to_divide_boxes() in pgm2asc.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | gocr | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33481 |
| Debian:13 | gocr | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33481 |
| Debian:14 | gocr | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33481 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gocr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33481 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | gocr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33481 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | gocr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33481 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | gocr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33481 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | gocr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33481 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119