CVE-2019-14493

Exp

An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 4.1.1. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function cv::XMLParser::parse at modules/core/src/persistence.cpp.

Published: 2019-08-01 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-14493 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.37%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-14493

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-14493

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.20% 3.37% +3.17%
2 2026-03-15 0.61% 0.20% -0.40%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.61% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-14493

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-14493

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-14493

GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xr · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — NULL Pointer Dereference in OpenCV.

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-14493

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-14493 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (opencv), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14493
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14493
suse medium CVE-2019-14493 severity moderate: SUSE including 3 source package names (libopencv3_3, opencv, opencv-devel), 6 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1): Known Not Affected 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14493/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-14493 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (opencv), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, disco, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14493

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-14493

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opencv opencv < 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:opencv:opencv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-14493

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