Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting opencv/opencv package, versions [,3.3.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENCVOPENCV-2369583
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12863  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (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 Integer Overflow or Wraparound. 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.

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CVSS Base Scores

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