Resource Management Errors Affecting opencv/opencv package, versions [,3.3.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENCVOPENCV-2369575
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12602  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade opencv/opencv to version 3.3.1 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 (memory consumption) issue, as demonstrated by the 10-opencv-dos-memory-exhaust test case.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1