CVE-2017-12603

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.020 · 80 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.99% (80th) EPSS
CVSS 6.8 · medium
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5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-787USCWE-787US
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affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-6v6p-p97v-g2p7Out-of-bounds Write in OpenCV2021-10-12ghsa · osvUS

    OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python and OpenCV-Contrib-Python 3.3.0.9) 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.

  • PYSEC-2026-2809Out-of-bounds Write in OpenCV2026-07-09vendor · osvUS

    OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python and OpenCV-Contrib-Python 3.3.0.9) 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.

  • PYSEC-2026-701Out-of-bounds Write in OpenCV2026-07-02vendor · osvUS

    OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python and OpenCV-Contrib-Python 3.3.0.9) 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.

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also known as (9)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2017-08-07modified 2026-06-17
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references (16)

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