What is CVE-2019-14906?

CVE-2019-14906 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libsdl Simple_directmedia_layer, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2019-14906?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Libsdl Simple_directmedia_layer

CVE-2019-14906

A flaw was found with the RHSA-2019:3950 erratum, where it did not fix the CVE-2019-13616 SDL vulnerability. This issue only affects Red Hat SDL packages, SDL versions through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer overflow f…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (75.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Libsdl Simple_directmedia_layer
Red Hat Sdl — versions all SDL versions through 1.2.15, all SDL versions 2.x through 2.0.9
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14906?: CVE-2019-14906 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libsdl Simple_directmedia_layer, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-14906?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.