HIGH 8.8

PYSEC-2026-707

Double Free in OpenCV

Details

OpenCV 3.0.0 has a double free issue that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. This issue was fixed in OpenCV version 3.3.1 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python and and OpenCV-Contrib-Python 3.3.1.11).

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Affected packages

PyPI / opencv-contrib-python

Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 3.3.1.11

Fix pip install --upgrade 'opencv-contrib-python>=3.3.1.11'

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1516 [ADVISORY]
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/5956 [WEB]
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/9376 [WEB]
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf [WEB]
https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python [PACKAGE]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html [WEB]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html [WEB]
https://pypi.org/project/opencv-contrib-python [PACKAGE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cvhw-2593-5j2q [ADVISORY]