CVE-2017-12864: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In opencv/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pxm.cpp, function ReadNumber did not checkout the input length, which lead to integer overflow. If the image is from remote, may lead to remote code execution or denial of service. This affects Opencv 3.3 and earlier.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Opencv Opencv: up to and including 3.3.0

Published 2017-08-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.