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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-14492

high Nessus Plugin ID 222432

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 3.4.7 and 4.x before 4.1.1. There is an out of bounds read/write in the function HaarEvaluator::OptFeature::calc in modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.hpp, which leads to denial of service. (CVE-2019-14492)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14492

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14492

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 222432

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_14492.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv-contrib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:opencv, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-opencv, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv-contrib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-opencv, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv-doc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv-core

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14492