SB2017090519 - Out-of-bounds write in Itseez OpenCV
Published: September 5, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017090519
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14136)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) 3.3 has an out-of-bounds write error in the function FillColorRow1 in utils.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12597.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.