CVE-2017-12600

HIGH

OpenCV < 3.3.0 - Denial of Service via CPU Exhaustion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9311
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/opencv.md

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0222
EPSS Percentile 80.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (3)
opencv/opencv < 3.3.0
pypi/opencv-contrib-python 0 - 3.3.1.11PyPI
pypi/opencv-python 0 - 3.3.1.11PyPI
Published Aug 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026