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CVE-2016-1516

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-415

Description

OpenCV 3.0.0 has a double free issue that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• OpenCV 3.0.0: 3.0.0

References

• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf
• https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/5956
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf
• https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/5956
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html

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