GHSA-634c-v2xv-ffpg

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    GHSA-634c-v2xv-ffpg

    Published: 12 Oct 2021Last Modified: 13 Jul 2026

    Summary: Out-of-bounds Write in OpenCV

    Details: OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) 3.3 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python 3.3.0.9) 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14136, https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9443, https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/9448, https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python, https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/opencv.md, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: opencv-python

    Purl: pkg:pypi/opencv-python

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.1.11

    Affected versions

    3.1.0
    3.1.0.0
    3.1.0.1
    3.1.0.2
    3.1.0.3
    3.1.0.4
    3.1.0.5

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