#VU30956 NULL pointer dereference in OpenCV - CVE-2019-14493

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#VU30956 NULL pointer dereference in OpenCV - CVE-2019-14493

Published: August 1, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30956
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14493
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenCV
Software vendor:
Itseez

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in function cv::XMLParser::parse at modules/core/src/persistence.cpp. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Update to version 4.1.1.

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