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Fencer Intel
medium 5.5

CVE-2016-1517 json

Improper Input Validation in OpenCV

published 2017-04-10 9 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-fffj-9qwg-qmh5 , PYSEC-2026-2817 , PYSEC-2026-708 , EUVD-2021-2193

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenCV 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault) via vectors involving corrupt chunks.

Patch / fix

  • pypi opencv-python 3.3.1.11
  • pypi opencv-contrib-python 3.3.1.11
  • opencv Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.2.0+dfsg-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1517

  • opencv Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.5ubuntu1.1
  • opencv Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1517

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • opencv Package Hub 12 SP3 3.1.0-5.1
  • opencv-qt5 Package Hub 12 SP3 3.1.0-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2018:1265-1openSUSE-SU-2018:1271-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-1517 updated cvss 3.3

opencv: Remote DoS via vectors involving corrupt chunks

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 opencv, opencv-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 opencv, opencv-core, opencv-python
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • arxiv.org https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi opencv-python
<3.3.1.11
3.3.1.11
pypi opencv-contrib-python
<3.3.1.11
3.3.1.11

Affected products

  • n/a OpenCV 3.0.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.