{"id":"CVE-2017-12601","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12601","DLA-1117-1","DLA-1438-1","DLA-2799-1","EUVD-2021-2264","GHSA-w96g-3p64-63wr","PYSEC-2026-2831","PYSEC-2026-716","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12601"],"status":"published","title":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in OpenCV","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.02088,"percentile":0.81704,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-119","CWE-120"],"published":"2017-08-07T01:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:50:27Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencv-python","fixed_in":["3.3.1.11"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencv-contrib-python","fixed_in":["3.3.1.11"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"opencv","fixed_in":["3.2.0+dfsg-6"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"opencv","fixed_in":["3.2.0+dfsg-6"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"opencv","fixed_in":["3.2.0+dfsg-6"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"opencv","fixed_in":["2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.5ubuntu1.1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"opencv","fixed_in":["3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencv-python","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"3.3.0.9"},{"fixed":"3.3.1.11"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencv-contrib-python","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"3.3.0.9"},{"fixed":"3.3.1.11"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"opencv","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.0+dfsg-6"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"opencv","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.0+dfsg-6"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"opencv","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.0+dfsg-6"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:7","package":"opencv","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.3.1-11+deb7u2"}]}],"versions":["2.3.1-11","2.3.1-11+deb7u1"],"bundled":12},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:8","package":"opencv","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.9.1+dfsg-1+deb8u2"}]}],"versions":["2.4.9.1+dfsg-1","2.4.9.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1"],"bundled":16},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:9","package":"opencv","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.9.1+dfsg1-2+deb9u1"}]}],"versions":["2.4.9.1+dfsg1-2"],"bundled":18},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencv-python","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.1.11"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencv-contrib-python","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.1.11"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencv-python","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.1.11"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"opencv-contrib-python","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.1.11"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"opencv","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.5ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["2.4.9+dfsg-1ubuntu6","2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.2ubuntu1","2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.3ubuntu1","2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.5ubuntu1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"opencv","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3","3.2.0+dfsg-3","3.2.0+dfsg-4","3.2.0+dfsg-4build1","3.2.0+dfsg-4build2"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"debian","product":"debian_linux"},{"vendor":"opencv","product":"opencv"}],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/opencv.md","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9309","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix","web","report"]},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12601","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/9376","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python/releases/tag/11","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python/releases/tag/9","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w96g-3p64-63wr","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12601","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/opencv-python","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/opencv-contrib-python","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12601","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12601","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2017-12601","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","status":"published","published":"2017-08-07T01:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T18:43:56.115Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:17.264801Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2021-2264","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","status":"published","published":"2017-08-07T01:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T18:43:56Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:23:20.716903Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-w96g-3p64-63wr","title":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in OpenCV ","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python 3.3.0.9) has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","status":"published","published":"2021-10-12T22:01:23Z","modified":"2023-02-01T05:06:11Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-119","CWE-120"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:38.281533Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2017-12601","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","status":"published","published":"2017-08-07T01:29:00.513Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:03:36.04Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-120"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:57.282351Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2017-12601","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","status":"published","published":"2017-08-07T01:29:00.513Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:50:27.965246055Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:04.159616Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12601","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","status":"published","published":"2017-08-07T01:29:00.513Z","modified":"2026-09-01T20:03:42.150310252Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:28.50097Z"},{"id":"GHSA-w96g-3p64-63wr","title":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in OpenCV ","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python 3.3.0.9) has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","status":"published","published":"2021-10-12T22:01:23Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:46:45.329720231Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-119","CWE-120"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:58.401149Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-2831","title":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in OpenCV ","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python 3.3.0.9) has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-09T16:49:34.428078Z","modified":"2026-07-13T16:43:09.008140548Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:56.429374Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-716","title":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in OpenCV ","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python 3.3.0.9) has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-02T14:13:11.14426Z","modified":"2026-07-13T16:43:09.008140548Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:58.117212Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12601","description":"OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has a buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_bmp.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 4-buf-overflow-readData-memcpy test case.","status":"published","published":"2017-08-07T01:29:00Z","modified":"2026-04-22T11:13:30.215067Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"},{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:54:14.122973Z"},{"id":"DLA-1117-1","title":"opencv - security update","status":"published","published":"2017-09-29T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:00:47.922957Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:09.336894Z"},{"id":"DLA-1438-1","title":"opencv - security update","status":"published","published":"2018-07-22T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:01:38.807352Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:09.336894Z"},{"id":"DLA-2799-1","title":"opencv - security update","status":"published","published":"2021-10-29T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:22:59.211489Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:11.189256Z"}]}}