Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package opencv  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENCV-540601
  • published4 Jan 2020
  • disclosed3 Jan 2020

Introduced: 3 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-5063  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opencv package and not the opencv package as distributed by Debian.

An exploitable heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the data structure persistence functionality of OpenCV 4.1.0. A specially crafted XML file can cause a buffer overflow, resulting in multiple heap corruptions and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted file to trigger this vulnerability.