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TI-2019-10806 Aliases CVE-2019-14493GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr

An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 4.1.1.

Priority LOW 39CWE-476Published · 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
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 4.1.1. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function cv::XMLParser::parse at modules/core/src/persistence.cpp.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03306 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed opencv-python (PyPI): 4.1.1.26opencv-python-headless (PyPI): 4.1.1.26+2 more products

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 4.1.1.264.1.1.26Patch availableGHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr
—opencv-python-headless (PyPI)before 4.1.1.264.1.1.26Patch availableGHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr
—opencv-contrib-python (PyPI)before 4.1.1.264.1.1.26Patch availableGHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr
—opencv-contrib-python-headless (PyPI)before 4.1.1.264.1.1.26Patch availableGHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • opencv-python (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.1.26 Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Patch available GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr
  • opencv-python-headless (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.1.26 Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Patch available GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr
  • opencv-contrib-python (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.1.26 Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Patch available GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr
  • opencv-contrib-python-headless (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.1.26 Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Patch available GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:opencv:opencv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.1.1VulnerableOpenCV
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:opencv:opencv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.1.1 Vulnerable ·OpenCV
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr opencv-python (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr opencv-python-headless (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr opencv-contrib-python (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr opencv-contrib-python-headless (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.1.26 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14493
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

Sources

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