CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-5051

8.8 HIGH Published 2019-07-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-07-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-390, CWE-755, CWE-787

Description

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when loading a PCX file in SDL2_image, version 2.0.4. A missing error handler can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• libsdl sdl2 image 2.0.4 • debian debian linux 8.0 • opensuse backports sle 15.0 • opensuse leap 15.0 • opensuse leap 15.1 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (3)

  • CWE-390 Detection of Error Condition Without Action weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References