Medium severity · published Sep 5, 2019
CVE-2019-15939
An issue was discovered in OpenCV 4.1.0
5.9
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenCV 4.1.0. There is a divide-by-zero error in cv::HOGDescriptor::getDescriptorSize in modules/objdetect/src/hog.cpp.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
OP
Opencv · Opencv
through 4.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15939
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15939
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/OpenCV/opencv/issues/15287
Exploit
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/15382
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html
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