Double Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package sdl-image1.2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-SDLIMAGE12-617513
  • published24 Apr 2018
  • disclosed24 Apr 2018

Introduced: 24 Apr 2018

CVE-2017-14449  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (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.

A double-Free vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted XCF image can cause a Double-Free situation to occur. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.