Is OCR - Image Reader safe to use?

OCR - Image Reader has a security risk score of 0/100 (MINIMAL risk). Our security analysis detected 0 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of OCR - Image Reader?

Based on our automated security analysis, OCR - Image Reader presents minimal risk level. The extension is analyzed for malware patterns, secret exposure, network communications, permissions, and supply chain vulnerabilities.

How is the security score calculated?

Risky Plugins calculates security scores using weighted categories: severity of findings (25 points max), malware detections (35 points), secret exposure (28 points), network communications (10 points), and obfuscation (10 points). Scores range from 0-100, with higher scores indicating greater risk.

What does CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, MINIMAL risk mean?

CRITICAL (80-100): Severe security issues like malware. HIGH (60-79): Significant vulnerabilities. MEDIUM (40-59): Moderate security concerns. LOW (20-39): Minor issues. MINIMAL (0-19): Very low risk. Always review findings before installing any extension.

Is "OCR - Image Reader" on Firefox Add-ons Safe to Install?

Name: OCR - Image Reader
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.0244 (41 reviews)
Author: Brian

Brian · firefox · v0.4.5

Usage Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnpgZPnn9bk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGclbl03Uuk This extension adds a toolbar button to your browser which when clicks allows the user to select a region in the currently active window. The extension captures the area and tries to recognize text inside this region using the internal powerful OCR engine. This extension uses the "tesseract.js" library that supports more than 100 languages, automatic text orientation, and script detection. This extension loads the JS library on the page and removes it when you are done with the OCR. This way there is no long-term resource usage. Note: On the first run, the extension might take a few minutes to fetch the training data from the internet. Since this resource is cached, all subsequent calls are going to be fast. Note: Optical character recognition (OCR) is slow, so this extension displays a progress bar for each detection module. Note: This extension does the OCR process offline. There is no server-side interaction. It only fetches the language training database once. Note: This tool can be used to extract the text content out of images, PDF documents, Powerpoint slides, or extract the content of a web page when user-section is forbidden.

Risk Assessment

Pending

out of 100

MINIMAL

0 security findings detected across all analyzers

Firefox extension requesting 8 permissions

No Threats Detected

This extension passed all security checks

About This Extension

Usage Preview: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/59c2f35f6036161fc8a3c25f1beff865d834b5d5fc8cce07002c61396a5088c6/https%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=XnpgZPnn9bk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnpgZPnn9bk</a> <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/3c3b63ebea450d698bdfe0de9e08c1911a0ea2f63defe0d7d29c11acce34df29/https%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=yGclbl03Uuk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGclbl03Uuk</a> This extension adds a toolbar button to your browser which when clicks allows the user to select a region in the currently active window. The extension captures the area and tries to recognize text inside this region using the internal powerful OCR engine. This extension uses the "tesseract.js" library that supports more than 100 languages, automatic text orientation, and script detection. This extension loads the JS library on the page and removes it when you are done with the OCR. This way there is no long-term resource usage. Note: On the first run, the extension might take a few minutes to fetch the training data from the internet. Since this resource is cached, all subsequent calls are going to be fast. Note: Optical character recognition (OCR) is slow, so this extension displays a progress bar for each detection module. Note: This extension does the OCR process offline. There is no server-side interaction. It only fetches the language training database once. Note: This tool can be used to extract the text content out of images, PDF documents, Powerpoint slides, or extract the content of a web page when user-section is forbidden.

No Findings

All security checks passed

Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

OCR - Image Reader is a Firefox Add-ons extension published by Brian. Version 0.4.5 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 0/100 (MINIMAL risk) based on 0 security findings.

Risk Assessment

This extension presents minimal security concerns. The automated analysis found very few or no issues, suggesting it is suitable for general use.

What Was Analyzed

The security assessment covers multiple analysis categories:

Malware Detection: YARA rule matching against 2,400+ malware signatures
Secret Detection: Scanning for exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials
Static Analysis: Code-level security analysis for common vulnerability patterns
Network Analysis: Detection of suspicious network communications and endpoints
Obfuscation Detection: Identification of code obfuscation techniques

Developer Information

OCR - Image Reader is published by Brian on the Firefox Add-ons marketplace. The extension has approximately 8K users.

Recommendation

Based on the automated security analysis, this extension appears safe for general use. As with any extension, users should review the requested permissions before installation.

Source Code Viewer

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Source code is not available for this version of the extension.