NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting opencv package, versions <2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.5ubuntu1.1+esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.37% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OPENCV-612599
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed1 Aug 2019

Introduced: 1 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-14493  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 opencv to version 2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.5ubuntu1.1+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opencv package and not the opencv package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 4.1.1. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function cv::XMLParser::parse at modules/core/src/persistence.cpp.

CVSS Base Scores

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