What is CVE-2019-12216?

CVE-2019-12216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libsdl Sdl2 Image, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-12216?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-12216 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Libsdl Sdl2 Image

CVE-2019-12216

An issue was discovered in libSDL2.a in Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) 2.0.9 when used in conjunction with libSDL2_image.a in SDL2_image 2.0.4. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the SDL2_image function IMG_LoadPCX_RW at IMG_pcx.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-05-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libsdl Sdl2 Image — versions 2.0.4
Libsdl Simple Directmedia Layer — versions 2.0.9
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04
Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 31

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

abhav/nvd_

References

bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12216?: CVE-2019-12216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libsdl Sdl2 Image, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-12216?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-12216 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.