Information Exposure Affecting sdl-image1.2 package, versions <1.2.12-8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-SDLIMAGE12-5695384
  • published10 Apr 2018
  • disclosed10 Apr 2018

Introduced: 10 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-3838  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 sdl-image1.2 to version 1.2.12-8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sdl-image1.2 package and not the sdl-image1.2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An exploitable information vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted XCF 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.

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