What is GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5?

GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Improper Input Validation in OpenCV

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5 cover?

GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-1517. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5?

GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5?

GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5 affects 2 products, including: pip/opencv-python:\u003c= 3.3.0.10; pip/opencv-contrib-python:\u003c= 3.3.0.10.

GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5MediumCVSS 5.5

Improper Input Validation in OpenCV

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 12, 2021

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-1517 →

📋 Description

OpenCV 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault) via vectors involving corrupt chunks. This issue was fixed in OpenCV version 3.3.1 (corresponding to OpenCV 3.3.1.11).

🎯 Affected products2

pip/opencv-python:<= 3.3.0.10
pip/opencv-contrib-python:<= 3.3.0.10

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1517
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/5956
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/9376
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5