SB2017080778 - Out-of-bounds write in Debian Linux
Published: August 7, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017080778
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 write (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12603)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has an invalid write in the cv::RLByteStream::getBytes function in modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 2-opencv-heapoverflow-fseek test case.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.