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CVE-2017-18009

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CVE-2017-18009 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability affecting OpenCV version 3.3.1, specifically within the cv::HdrDecoder::checkSignature function. This flaw carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely without user interaction to cause a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opencv:opencv:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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 (2)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-pythonFixed in: 3.4.1.15
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: opencv-contrib-pythonFixed in: 3.4.1.15

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-83rh-hx5x-q9p5high

Out-of-bounds Read in OpenCV

Oct 12, 2021
redhatCVE-2017-18009Low

opencv: heap-based buffer over-read in function cv::HdrDecoder::checkSignature in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp

Jan 1, 2018

References

github.com / opencv/opencv/issues/10479
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106945
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry