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CVE-2021-33481

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-33481 is a high-severity stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting gocr through version 0.53-20200802, specifically within the try_to_divide_boxes() function in pgm2asc.c. This flaw could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into processing a malicious file. While the CVSS score is 7.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low immediate threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.53-20200802CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:optical_character_recognition_project:optical_character_recognition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0114 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202401-28
sourceforge.net / p/jocr/bugs/42
ExploitThird Party Advisory