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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-14491

There is an out of bounds read in the function cv::predictOrdered<cv::HaarEvaluator> in modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.hpp, which leads to denial of service.

HIGH 8.2EPSS 2.89%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 3.4.7 and 4.x before 4.1.1. There is an out of bounds read in the function cv::predictOrdered<cv::HaarEvaluator> in modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.hpp, which leads to denial of service.

CVSS 3.0
8.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.89% probability · 87th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
opencv/opencv
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 2.89%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 2.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.