OpenCV is an Open Source Computer Vision Library. Versions prior to 4.12.0 have an uninitialized pointer variable on stack that may lead to arbitrary heap buffer write when reading crafted JPEG images. Version 4.12.0 fixes the vulnerability.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Opencv
  • Opencv

No data.

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/commit/a39db41390de546d18962ee1278bd6dbb715f466 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/27271 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/releases/tag/4.12.0 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53644 cve-icon
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-057_OpenCV/ cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53644 cve-icon
History

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

 cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title GHSL-2025-057 - OpenCV contains a use after free buffer write due to an uninitialized pointer OpenCV contains a use after free buffer write due to an uninitialized pointer

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

threat_severity

Important

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Description OpenCV is an Open Source Computer Vision Library. Versions prior to 4.12.0 have an uninitialized pointer variable on stack that may lead to arbitrary heap buffer write when reading crafted JPEG images. Version 4.12.0 fixes the vulnerability.
Title GHSL-2025-057 - OpenCV contains a use after free buffer write due to an uninitialized pointer
Weaknesses CWE-457
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-07-17T17:58:26.493Z

Updated: 2025-08-05T18:37:03.213Z

Reserved: 2025-07-07T14:20:38.391Z

Link: CVE-2025-53644

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-17T20:23:15.553Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-17T18:15:27.913

Modified: 2025-08-05T19:15:41.637

Link: CVE-2025-53644

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-07-17T17:58:26Z

Links: CVE-2025-53644 - Bugzilla