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Vulnerability details: VCID-1bk1-pc9v-ykgv
Vulnerability ID VCID-1bk1-pc9v-ykgv
Aliases CVE-2016-1516
GHSA-cvhw-2593-5j2q
Summary Double Free OpenCV has a double free issue that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-415 Double Free
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
There are no known severity scores.
Reference id Reference type URL
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.04739.pdf
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/5956
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/9376
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html
CVE-2016-1516 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1516
GHSA-cvhw-2593-5j2q https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cvhw-2593-5j2q
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.

No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:40:09.486369+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/pypi/opencv-contrib-python/CVE-2016-1516.yml 38.6.0