#VU30954 Out-of-bounds read in OpenCV - CVE-2019-14491
Published: August 1, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30954
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14491
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenCV
OpenCV
Software vendor:
Itseez
Itseez
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 3.4.7 and 4.x before 4.1.1. There is an out of bounds read in the function cv::predictOrdered<cv::HaarEvaluator> in modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.hpp, which leads to denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00025.html
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/compare/33b765d...4a7ca5a
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/compare/371bba8...ddbd10c
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/15125
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPFLN6QAX6SUA4XR4NMKKXX26H3TYCVQ/