CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-12601
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
- EPSS
- 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 81% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-120
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- opencv:opencv
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-w96g-3p64-63wr | PyPI | opencv-python | <3.3.1.11 | 3.3.1.11 |
| GHSA-w96g-3p64-63wr | PyPI | opencv-contrib-python | <3.3.1.11 | 3.3.1.11 |
| PYSEC-2026-2831 | PyPI | opencv-python | <3.3.1.11 | 3.3.1.11 |
| PYSEC-2026-716 | PyPI | opencv-contrib-python | <3.3.1.11 | 3.3.1.11 |