🛡️ GHSA-jh2j-j4j9-crg3 — opencv-python-headless (CVE-2023-4863)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must actively cooperate. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Active — the victim has to cooperate with the attack.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

GHSA-jh2j-j4j9-crg3 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.

Affected software

GHSA-jh2j-j4j9-crg3 is recorded against 1 package.

• opencv-python-headless (fixed in 4.8.1.78)

Timeline and source

Published on 30 August 2024 and last revised on 1 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
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github.com (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

opencv-python-headless has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2019-16249 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-14493 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• PYSEC-2023-184 (published 29 Sep 2023)
• CVE-2019-19624 (published 12 Oct 2021)
• CVE-2019-15939 (published 12 Oct 2021)
• CVE-2019-9423 (8.0 High, published 12 Oct 2021)
• CVE-2019-14492 (8.0 High, published 12 Oct 2021)
• CVE-2019-5064 (8.0 High, published 12 Oct 2021)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write) in other software:

• CVE-2019-5063 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12605 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29208 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23561 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2018-5268 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12606 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12603 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-9111 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)

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