CVE-2011-1136: Medium severity Tesseract Project Tesseract vulnerability

Published Nov 14, 2019
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Updated

In tesseract 2.03 and 2.04, an attacker can rewrite an arbitrary user file by guessing the PID and creating a link to the user's file.

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
Tesseract Project Tesseract=2.04
Tesseract Project Tesseract=2.03
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
debian/tesseract
4.1.1-2.15.3.0-25.5.0-1

Event History

Nov 14, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:50 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:50 AM
Description
Feb 17, 2026
Data Sourced
via Debian·11:14 PM
DescriptionAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1136?

CVE-2011-1136 has been classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to the potential for unauthorized file access and modification.

2

How do I fix CVE-2011-1136?

To mitigate CVE-2011-1136, upgrade your Tesseract installation to a version that is not vulnerable, specifically Tesseract 2.05 or later.

3

What software is affected by CVE-2011-1136?

CVE-2011-1136 affects Tesseract versions 2.03 and 2.04, as well as specific versions on Debian GNU/Linux.

4

Can CVE-2011-1136 be exploited remotely?

Yes, an attacker can exploit CVE-2011-1136 remotely by guessing the PID to create a link to a user's file.

5

What is Tesseract that is associated with CVE-2011-1136?

Tesseract is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine that enables the conversion of images containing text into machine-readable text.

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