CVE-2017-12599
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
Out-of-bounds Read in OpenCV
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.2.0+dfsg-6 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.2.0+dfsg-6 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.2.0+dfsg-6 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.2.0+dfsg-6 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.2.0+dfsg-6 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | opencv-python | <3.3.1.11 | 3.3.1.11 |
| PyPI | opencv-contrib-python | <3.3.1.11 | 3.3.1.11 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| opencv | opencv | {"endIncluding":"3.3.0"} | |
References
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9309
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/opencv.md
- 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12599
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/9376
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python/releases/tag/11
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python/releases/tag/9
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12599
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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