SB2024011904 - Denial of service in OpenCV



SB2024011904 - Denial of service in OpenCV

Published: January 19, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024011904
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2617)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the DecodedBitStreamParser::decodeByteSegment() function in qrcode/decoder/decoded_bit_stream_parser.cpp. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.