CVE-2016-1516

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1516
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-10 03:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-12-16 18:44:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenCV 3.0.0 has a double free issue that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Opencv Opencv 3.0.0 All All All
Application Opencv Opencv 3.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Remote code execution via heap corruption · Issue #5956 · opencv/opencv · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
[SECURITY] [DLA 1438-1] opencv security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2799-1] opencv security update MLIST lists.debian.org
arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf MISC arxiv.org Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178871 Debian Security Update for opencv (DLA 2799-1)
  • 980071 Python (pip) Security Update for opencv-contrib-python (GHSA-cvhw-2593-5j2q)
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