Bug#885843: opencv: CVE-2017-17760: Buffer overflow in grfmt_pxm.cpp::PxMDecoder::readData

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: opencv
Version: 3.2.0+dfsg-4
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/10351

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for opencv.

CVE-2017-17760[0]:
| OpenCV 3.3.1 has a Buffer Overflow in the cv::PxMDecoder::readData
| function in grfmt_pxm.cpp, because an incorrect size value is used.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17760
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17760
[1] https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/10351

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore