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CVE-2017-12600

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CVE-2017-12600 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenCV versions up to 3.3, where specially crafted input can lead to high CPU consumption. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, potentially causing service disruption. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opencv:opencv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0222 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-pythonFixed in: 3.3.1.11
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-contrib-pythonFixed in: 3.3.1.11
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: opencv
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: opencv

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-fr58-2xhv-qp3whigh

Denial of Service in OpenCV

Oct 12, 2021
redhatCVE-2017-12600Low

opencv: CPU exhaustion causing DoS

Aug 5, 2017

References

github.com / opencv/opencv/issues/9311
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/opencv.md
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201712-02