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TI-2019-10805 Aliases CVE-2019-14492GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8

An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 3.4.7 and 4.x before 4.1.1.

Priority LOW 38CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 3.4.7 and 4.x before 4.1.1. There is an out of bounds read/write in the function HaarEvaluator::OptFeature::calc in modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.hpp, which leads to denial of service.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03015 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial opencv-python (PyPI): 3.4.7.28, 4.1.1.26opencv-python-headless (PyPI): 3.4.7.28, 4.1.1.26+2 more productsRed Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—opencv-python (PyPI)before 3.4.7.283.4.7.28Patch availableGHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
—opencv-python (PyPI)4.0.0.21 to before 4.1.1.264.1.1.26Patch availableGHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
—opencv-python-headless (PyPI)before 3.4.7.283.4.7.28Patch availableGHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
—opencv-python-headless (PyPI)4.0.0.21 to before 4.1.1.264.1.1.26Patch availableGHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
—opencv-contrib-python (PyPI)before 3.4.7.283.4.7.28Patch availableGHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
—opencv-contrib-python (PyPI)4.0.0.21 to before 4.1.1.264.1.1.26Patch availableGHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
—opencv-contrib-python-headless (PyPI)before 3.4.7.283.4.7.28Patch availableGHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
—opencv-contrib-python-headless (PyPI)4.0.0.21 to before 4.1.1.264.1.1.26Patch availableGHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • opencv-python (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.4.7.28 Fixed in 3.4.7.28 Patch available GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
  • opencv-python (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0.21 to before 4.1.1.26 Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Patch available GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
  • opencv-python-headless (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.4.7.28 Fixed in 3.4.7.28 Patch available GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
  • opencv-python-headless (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0.21 to before 4.1.1.26 Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Patch available GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
  • opencv-contrib-python (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.4.7.28 Fixed in 3.4.7.28 Patch available GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
  • opencv-contrib-python (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0.21 to before 4.1.1.26 Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Patch available GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
  • opencv-contrib-python-headless (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.4.7.28 Fixed in 3.4.7.28 Patch available GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8
  • opencv-contrib-python-headless (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0.21 to before 4.1.1.26 Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Patch available GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:opencv:opencv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.4.7; 4.0.0 to before 4.1.1VulnerableOpenCV
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.1VulnerableopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:opencv:opencv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.4.7; 4.0.0 to before 4.1.1 Vulnerable ·OpenCV
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8 opencv-python (PyPI) Fixed in 3.4.7.28 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8 opencv-python (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8 opencv-python-headless (PyPI) Fixed in 3.4.7.28 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8 opencv-python-headless (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8 opencv-contrib-python (PyPI) Fixed in 3.4.7.28 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8 opencv-contrib-python (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8 opencv-contrib-python-headless (PyPI) Fixed in 3.4.7.28 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8 opencv-contrib-python-headless (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14492
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fw99-f933-rgh8

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 4

Other 1

Sources

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