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CVE-2017-17760
OpenCV 3.3.1 has a Buffer Overflow in the cv::PxMDecoder::readData function in grfmt_pxm.cpp, because an incorrect size value is used.
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 2.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 17% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
OpenCV 3.3.1 has a Buffer Overflow in the cv::PxMDecoder::readData function in grfmt_pxm.cpp, because an incorrect size value is used.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 days later
· 10 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIopencv-contrib-pythonGHSA-jcxv-2j3h-mg59 (opens in a new tab)
- PyPIopencv-pythonGHSA-jcxv-2j3h-mg59 (opens in a new tab)
References
6
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180722 [SECURITY] [DLA 1438-1] opencv security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180108 [SECURITY] [DLA 1235-1] opencv security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/10351 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/10369/commits/7bbe1a53cfc097b82b1589f7915a2120de39274c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 102974 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2799-1] opencv security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-2215 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jcxv-2j3h-mg59 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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