CVE-2017-12864
HIGH8.8EPSS 1.7%Integer Overflow or Wraparound in OpenCV
Published: 10/12/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In opencv/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pxm.cpp, function ReadNumber did not checkout the input length, which lead to integer overflow. If the image is from remote, may lead to remote code execution or denial of service. This affects Opencv 3.3 and earlier.
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 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12864
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12864
- PATCHhttps://github.com/opencv/opencv-python
- WEBhttps://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9372
- WEBhttps://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/9376
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02