CVE-2021-33480
An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in...
An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in context_correction() in pgm2asc.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.5
An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in context_correction() in pgm2asc.c.
- Record
CVE-2021-33480- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in context_correction() in pgm2asc.c.
- Record
CVE-2021-33480- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-20183 No score
An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in context_correction() in pgm2asc.c.
- Record
EUVD-2021-20183- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-882j-jq8h-6p6f
5.5
An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in...
An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in context_correction() in pgm2asc.c.
- Record
GHSA-882j-jq8h-6p6f- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.5
An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in context_correction() in pgm2asc.c.
- Record
CVE-2021-33480- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-33480
5.5
An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in context_correction() in pgm2asc.c.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33480- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-33480
5.5
An use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in gocr through 0.53-20200802 in context_correction() in pgm2asc.c.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33480- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gocrDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.52-60.52-6.10.52-6.1~exp1 |
None known |
gocrDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.52-6.1 |
None known |
gocrDebian:14 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.52-6.1 |
None known |
gocrUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.49-2 |
None known |
gocrUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.49-20.49-2build1 |
None known |
gocrUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.52-3 |
None known |
gocrUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.52-3 |
None known |
gocrUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.52-60.52-6.10.52-6.1build1 |
None known |
gocrUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.52-6.1build1 |
None known |
gocrUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.52-6.1build2 |
None known |
gocrUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.52-6.1build10.52-6.1build2 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-33480 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Optical Character Recognition Project Character Recognition, published November 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.08%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962854
sourceforge.net/p/jocr/bugs/40
sourceforge.net/p/jocr/bugs/41
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-28
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33480
github.com/advisories/GHSA-882j-jq8h-6p6f
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-33480
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-33480
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-33480