GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5 Improper Input Validation in OpenCV

MEDIUM Published 2021-10-12 Modified 2021-10-08 Official page ↗

Aliases: CVE-2016-1517
Ecosystem: PyPI
Packages: opencv-python, opencv-contrib-python
Severity: Moderate
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses: CWE-20
Reviewed: 2021-10-08

Affected packages

• PyPI opencv-python: < 3.3.1.11 → fixed in 3.3.1.11 • PyPI opencv-contrib-python: < 3.3.1.11 → fixed in 3.3.1.11

Description

OpenCV 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault) via vectors involving corrupt chunks. This issue was fixed in OpenCV version 3.3.1 (corresponding to OpenCV 3.3.1.11).

Alias · CVE (1)

CVE-2016-1517 OpenCV 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault) via vectors involving corrupt chunks. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1517 advisory
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/5956 web
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/9376 web
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf web
https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python package