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CVE-2018-5268

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In OpenCV 3.3.1, a heap-based buffer overflow happens in cv::Jpeg2KDecoder::readComponent8u in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_jpeg2000.cpp when parsing a crafted image file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
• OpenCV 3.0.0: 3.3.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106945
• https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/10541
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00019.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106945
• https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/10541
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00019.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html

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