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 flaw while copying an existing surface into a new optimized one, due to a lack of validation while loading a BMP image, is possible. An application that uses SDL to parse untrusted input files may be vulnerable to this flaw, which could allow an attacker to make the application crash or execute code.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
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
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (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.