Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package sdl_image  (opens in a new tab)


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1.27% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-SDLIMAGE-10078301
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed10 Apr 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-3837  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the PCX image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted PCX image can cause an out-of-bounds read on the heap, resulting in information disclosure . An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.