Denial of Service in OpenCV · CVE-2017-12600 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Denial of Service in OpenCV

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 12, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

opencv-contrib-python (pip)

Affected versions

<= 3.3.0.9

Patched versions

3.3.1.11

opencv-python (pip)

<= 3.3.0.9

3.3.1.11

Description

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python 3.3.0.9) has a denial of service (CPU consumption) issue, as demonstrated by the 11-opencv-dos-cpu-exhaust test case.

References

Reviewed Oct 8, 2021

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 12, 2021

Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

7.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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