Tesseract: Denial of service via empty-stack dereference in Plumbing/Series at model load (CVE-2026-88054) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2026-88054

Tesseract: Denial of service via empty-stack dereference in Plumbing/Series at model load

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-88054 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Tesseract: Denial of service via empty-stack dereference in Plumbing/Series at model load. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps tesseract-ocr/tesseract (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 10, 2026Updated Sep 10, 2026Source checked Sep 10, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 10, 2026Material review Sep 10, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Unknown severitySource severity not reported
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Not reported

Why this deserves its current priority

A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps tesseract-ocr/tesseract (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
tesseract-ocr/tesseractgeneric	<= 5.5.3	Not reported

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for tesseract-ocr/tesseract.
Review the reported fix. Monitor this advisory for an available fix and review any installs of the affected package.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. In version 5.5.3 and earlier, Plumbing::DeSerialize in src/lstm/plumbing.cpp rejects excessively large network stacks but accepts a zero-length stack for NT_SERIES, NT_PARALLEL, or NT_REVERSED layers in a crafted .traineddata model. During LSTMRecognizer initialization in src/lstm/lstmrecognizer.cpp, CacheXScaleFactor(XScaleFactor()) reaches Series::CacheXScaleFactor in src/lstm/series.cpp, which dereferences stack_[0] on the empty vector and invokes a virtual method through an invalid Network pointer. This causes a deterministic crash and denial of service at model load. No fixed release is available as of this review.

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