NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting opencv package, versions <3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1+esm4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.31% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-OPENCV-612598
  • 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:18.04 opencv to version 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1+esm4 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:18.04 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

version 3.1