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usn-4818-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-09-28 14:52
Modified
2026-06-29 10:52
Summary
opencv vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that OpenCV did not properly manage certain objects, leading to a divide-by-zero. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-15939)

It was discovered that OpenCV did not properly manage certain files, leading to an out of bounds read. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could potentially use this issue to make OpenCV crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-14491, CVE-2019-14492)

It was discovered that OpenCV did not properly manage certain XML data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could potentially use this issue to make OpenCV crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-14493)

It was discovered that OpenCV did not properly manage certain files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-18009)

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  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:49Z",
  "published": "2022-09-28T14:52:46Z",
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  "summary": "opencv vulnerabilities",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14492",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14493",
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}



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