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CVE-2019-14491

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-14491 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in OpenCV versions prior to 3.4.7 and 4.x prior to 4.1.1, specifically within the cv::predictOrdered<cv::HaarEvaluator> function. This flaw can lead to a denial of service. It carries a high CVSS score of 8.2, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and resulting in high impact to availability. While the vulnerability is severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opencv:opencv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opencv:opencv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-pythonFixed in: 3.4.7.28
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-pythonFixed in: 4.1.1.26
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-python-headlessFixed in: 3.4.7.28
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-python-headlessFixed in: 4.1.1.26
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-contrib-pythonFixed in: 3.4.7.28
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-contrib-pythonFixed in: 4.1.1.26
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-contrib-python-headlessFixed in: 3.4.7.28
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-contrib-python-headlessFixed in: 4.1.1.26
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: opencv
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: opencv

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-fm39-cw8h-3p63high

Out-of-bounds Read in OpenCV

Oct 12, 2021
redhatCVE-2019-14491Moderate

opencv: out-of-bounds read in function cv::predictOrdered<cv::HaarEvaluator> in modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.hpp leads to dos

Aug 1, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00025.html
github.com / opencv/opencv/compare/33b765d...4a7ca5a
Third Party Advisory
github.com / opencv/opencv/compare/371bba8...ddbd10c
Third Party Advisory
github.com / opencv/opencv/issues/15125
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPFLN6QAX6SUA4XR4NMKKXX26H3TYCVQ