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CVE-2017-12862

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pxm.cpp, the length of buffer AutoBuffer _src is small than expected, which will cause copy buffer overflow later. If the image is from remote, may lead to remote code execution or denial of service. This affects Opencv 3.3 and earlier.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• OpenCV 3.0.0: through 3.3.0

References

• https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9370
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02
• https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9370
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02

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