Denial of service in OpenCV



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-2617
CWE-ID CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 OpenCV
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor Itseez

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU85604

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2617

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

OpenCV: 4.0.0 - 4.8.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.228547
https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/pull/3480
https://vuldb.com/?id.228547
https://gist.github.com/GZTimeWalker/3ca70a8af2f5830711e9cccc73fb5270


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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