Name: CVE-2021-33481: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-33481, CWE-119, CWE-787, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.01222

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in try_to_divide_boxes() in pgm2asc.c.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Nov 17, 2021
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	Nov 17, 2021
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-text/gocr.	Jan 25, 2024	Nov 17, 2021

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CVSS Details

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