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CVE-2016-1517

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

OpenCV 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault) via vectors involving corrupt chunks.

Affected products

• OpenCV 3.0.0: 3.0.0

References

• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf
• https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/5956
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf
• https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/5956

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