CVE-2019-14493
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.033 · 88 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (14)
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advisories (5)
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- GHSA-3448-vrgh-85xrNULL Pointer Dereference in OpenCV.2021-10-12ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 4.1.1 (OpenCV-Python before 4.1.1.26). There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function cv::XMLParser::parse at modules/core/src/persistence.cpp.
- PYSEC-2026-2795NULL Pointer Dereference in OpenCV.2026-07-09vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 4.1.1 (OpenCV-Python before 4.1.1.26). There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function cv::XMLParser::parse at modules/core/src/persistence.cpp.
- PYSEC-2026-2806NULL Pointer Dereference in OpenCV.2026-07-09vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 4.1.1 (OpenCV-Python before 4.1.1.26). There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function cv::XMLParser::parse at modules/core/src/persistence.cpp.
- PYSEC-2026-2834NULL Pointer Dereference in OpenCV.2026-07-09vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 4.1.1 (OpenCV-Python before 4.1.1.26). There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function cv::XMLParser::parse at modules/core/src/persistence.cpp.
- PYSEC-2026-718NULL Pointer Dereference in OpenCV.2026-07-02vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 4.1.1 (OpenCV-Python before 4.1.1.26). There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function cv::XMLParser::parse at modules/core/src/persistence.cpp.
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references (12)
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- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/compare/371bba8...ddbd10ccnnvd
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/15127cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14493cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OpenCV-NULL-pointer-dereference-via-cv-XMLParser-parse-36762cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.3620cnnvd
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/compare/371bba8...ddbd10cenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/15127enisa_euvd
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