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CVE-2017-12601

opencv: buffer overflow in the cv::BmpDecoder::readData function

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 5, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')