Information Exposure The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package sdl-image1.2 (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit maturity not defined.
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- published10 Apr 2018
- disclosed10 Apr 2018
Introduced: 10 Apr 2018
CVE-2018-3838 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.
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 Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-3838
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-3838
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0520