Resource Management Errors Affecting opencv package, versions [,3.4.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.77% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENCV-10077847
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed7 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12600  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade opencv to version 3.4.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a denial of service (CPU consumption) issue, as demonstrated by the 11-opencv-dos-cpu-exhaust test case.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1