CVE-2017-12598

Advisory

Opencv-python 3.3.1.11 includes a fix for CVE-2017-12598: OpenCV through 3.3 has an out-of-bounds read error in the cv::RBaseStream::readBlock function in modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 8-opencv-invalid-read-fread test case.

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Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12598
• https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/opencv.md
• https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9309
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00028.html