Bug 1443531 (CVE-2016-1517) - CVE-2016-1517 opencv: Remote DoS via vectors involving corrupt chunks
Summary: CVE-2016-1517 opencv: Remote DoS via vectors involving corrupt chunks
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2016-1517
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1443532
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Reported: 2017-04-19 12:35 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:15 UTC (History)
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A denial of service 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.
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Last Closed: 2017-08-23 08:10:56 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-19 12:35:48 UTC 
OpenCV 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault) via vectors involving corrupt chunks.

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 1 Dhiru Kholia 2017-08-23 08:23:11 UTC 
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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/.
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