Bug 1443528 (CVE-2016-1516)

Summary:	CVE-2016-1516 opencv: Double free vulnerability on crafted image
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	databases-maint, dkholia, hhorak, jmlich83, jridky, karlthered, kwizart, nomis80, pkajaba, sergio
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Doc Text:	A double-free flaw was found in the way OpenCV handled processing of image files. This flaw could potentially be used to crash applications using OpenCV by tricking users into processing specially crafted image files.	Story Points:	---
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-19 12:32:06 UTC

OpenCV 3.0.0 has a double free issue that allows attackers to crash OpenCV applications.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/5956

The research paper is noted below.

External reference:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf

Comment 3 Dhiru Kholia 2017-08-23 08:22:22 UTC

Statement:

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.