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 Subscribe |
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
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2617
CWE-ID:
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsOpenCV: 4.0.0 - 4.8.0
External linkshttp://vuldb.com/?ctiid.228547
http://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/pull/3480
http://vuldb.com/?id.228547
http://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.
