CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-53644

Use of Uninitialized Variable

Published: Jul 17, 2025 | Modified: Sep 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.3 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The code uses a variable that has not been initialized, leading to unpredictable or unintended results.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Opencv Opencv * 4.12.0 (excluding)
Opencv Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References