Improper Input Validation Affecting opencv-python package, versions [,3.3.1.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-OPENCVPYTHON-1731348
  • published13 Oct 2021
  • disclosed12 Oct 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Oct 2021

CVE-2016-1517  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade opencv-python to version 3.3.1.11 or higher.

Overview

opencv-python is a Wrapper package for OpenCV python bindings.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault) via vectors involving corrupt chunks.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1