SB2017080775 - Out-of-bounds read in Debian Linux
Published: August 7, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017080775
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12598)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has an out-of-bounds read error in the cv::RBaseStream::readBlock function in modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 8-opencv-invalid-read-fread test case.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.