Out-of-bounds Write Affecting opencv-python-headless package, versions [0,4.1.1.26)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-OPENCVPYTHONHEADLESS-1731327
  • published13 Oct 2021
  • disclosed12 Oct 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Oct 2021

CVE-2019-9423  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade opencv-python-headless to version 4.1.1.26 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. In OpenCV calls that use libpng, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check.

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