High severity · published Aug 7, 2017
CVE-2017-12602
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
7.5
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Opencv · Opencv
through 3.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12602
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12602
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9311
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/opencv.md
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02
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