High severity · published Jan 3, 2020
CVE-2019-5063
An exploitable heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the data structure persistence functionality of OpenCV 4.1.0
8.8
CVSS
21.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An exploitable heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the data structure persistence functionality of OpenCV 4.1.0. A specially crafted XML file can cause a buffer overflow, resulting in multiple heap corruptions and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted file to trigger this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)21.1% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AT
Application Testing Suite · Oracle
13.3.0.1 · source: NVD
BD
Big Data Spatial And Graph · Oracle
before 2.0 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Manager Base Platform · Oracle
13.4.0.0 · source: NVD
OP
Opencv · Opencv
4.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5063
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5063
Exploit
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0852
Patch
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
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