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CVE-2017-12863

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% 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-190

Description

In opencv/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pxm.cpp, function PxMDecoder::readData has an integer overflow when calculate src_pitch. 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/9371
• 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/9371
• 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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