What is CVE-2019-14493?

CVE-2019-14493 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opencv, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-14493?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Opencv

CVE-2019-14493

An issue was discovered in OpenCV before 4.1.1. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function cv::XMLParser::parse at modules/core/src/persistence.cpp.

Published 2019-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.034 (88.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Opencv
Debian Linux — versions 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/opencv/opencv/compare/371bba8...ddbd10c (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/15127 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14493?: CVE-2019-14493 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opencv, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-14493?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.