CVE-2017-12600 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00765.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Opencv	Opencv

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opencv:opencv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-2197	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-fr58-2xhv-qp3w	Denial of Service in OpenCV

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9311
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/opencv.md
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12600
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12600

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00351}`	epss `{'score': 0.00765}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-07T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:43:56.060Z

Reserved: 2017-08-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-12600

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-07T01:29:00.483

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-12600

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12600 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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