What is CVE-2019-16249?

CVE-2019-16249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opencv, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-16249?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Opencv

CVE-2019-16249

OpenCV 4.1.1 has an out-of-bounds read in hal_baseline::v_load in core/hal/intrin_sse.hpp when called from computeSSDMeanNorm in modules/video/src/dis_flow.cpp.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-09-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Opencv — versions 4.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/15481 (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16249?: CVE-2019-16249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opencv, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-16249?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.