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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-12598

high Nessus Plugin ID 220181

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) through 3.3 has an out-of-bounds read error in the cv::RBaseStream::readBlock function in modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp when reading an image file by using cv::imread, as demonstrated by the 8-opencv-invalid-read-fread test case. (CVE-2017-12598)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-12598

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 220181

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_12598.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12598

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv-python, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opencv-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencv-devel-docs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12598