CVE-2018-3977 (GCVE-0-2018-3977)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-01 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:33
VLAI
Summary
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3. A specially crafted XCF image can cause a heap overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_repor… x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Simple DirectMedia Layer Simple DirectMedia Layer Affected: Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image 2.0.3
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Date Public
2018-10-31 00:00
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