CVE-2017-12603 Out-of-bounds Write in OpenCV

What is CVE-2017-12603?

CVE-2017-12603 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has an invalid write in the cv::RLByteStream::getBytes function in modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 2-opencv-heapoverflow-fseek test case.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12603?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including opencv-contrib-python and opencv-python. It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Opencv Opencv.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12603?

Upgrade opencv-contrib-python to 3.3.1.11 or later.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-12603 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12603 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12603, GHSA-6v6p-p97v-g2p7, PYSEC-2026-2809, PYSEC-2026-701, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12603.