4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2017-17760

Published: 29/12/2017 Updated: 16/12/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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Debian Bug report logs - #885843 opencv: CVE-2017-17760: Buffer overflow in grfmt_pxmcpp::PxMDecoder::readData Package: src:opencv; Maintainer for src:opencv is Debian Science Team <debian-science-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 10:30: ...
OpenCV 331 has a Buffer Overflow in the cv::PxMDecoder::readData function in grfmt_pxmcpp, because an incorrect size value is used ...

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