CVE-2017-12602
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.77%Denial of Service in OpenCV
Published: 10/12/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a denial of service (memory consumption) issue, as demonstrated by the 10-opencv-dos-memory-exhaust test case.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/opencvfrom 0, < 3.2.0+dfsg-6
- PyPI/opencv-contrib-pythonfrom 0, < 3.3.1.11
- PyPI/opencv-pythonfrom 0, < 3.3.1.11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12602
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12602
- PATCHhttps://github.com/opencv/opencv-python
- WEBhttps://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9311
- WEBhttps://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/9376
- WEBhttps://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/opencv.md
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02