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CVE-2017-12864 json

Integer Overflow or Wraparound in OpenCV

published 2017-08-15 9 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-267x-w5hx-8hjr , PYSEC-2026-2804 , PYSEC-2026-697 , EUVD-2021-2138

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi opencv-python 3.3.1.11
  • pypi opencv-contrib-python 3.3.1.11
  • opencv Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.2.0+dfsg-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12864

  • opencv Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.5ubuntu1.1
  • opencv Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12864

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12864 updated cvss 3.3

opencv: Integer overflow in ReadNumber function in opencv/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pxm.cpp

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 opencv, opencv-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 opencv, opencv-core, opencv-python
    under investigation

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi opencv-python
<3.3.1.11
3.3.1.11
pypi opencv-contrib-python
<3.3.1.11
3.3.1.11

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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