SCA: security update for opencv-contrib-python, opencv-contrib-python-headless, opencv-python, opencv-python-headless (GHSA-hxfw-jm98-v4mq)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416029

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue was discovered in OpenCV 4.1.0. There is a divide-by-zero error in
cv::HOGDescriptor::getDescriptorSize in modules/objdetect/src/hog.cpp. (CVE-2019-15939)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxfw-jm98-v4mq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416029

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15939

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15939

cwe: CWE-369