MEDIUM6.5
PYSEC-2026-2808
Out-of-bounds Write in OpenCV
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-2808 — opencv-python: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'opencv-python>=3.3.1.11'Details
OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) 3.3 (corresponding to OpenCV-Python 3.3.0.9) has an out-of-bounds write error in the function FillColorRow1 in utils.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12597.
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Affected packages
PyPI/opencv-python
Introduced in:
0Fixed in: 3.3.1.11Fix
pip install --upgrade 'opencv-python>=3.3.1.11'References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14136[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/9443[WEB]
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/9448[WEB]
- https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/opencv.md[WEB]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00030.html[WEB]
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-02[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/opencv-python[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-634c-v2xv-ffpg[ADVISORY]