CVE-2017-17760

Publication date 29 December 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

OpenCV 3.3.1 has a Buffer Overflow in the cv::PxMDecoder::readData function in grfmt_pxm.cpp, because an incorrect size value is used.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that OpenCV incorrectly handled certain image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, execute arbitrary code or other unspecified impact.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
opencv	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.4.9.1+dfsg-1.5ubuntu1.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.4.8+dfsg1-2ubuntu1.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H