An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3.

Published 8 y ago 2018-11-01 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.8

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

3.5%

percentile 89%

Public exploits

none known

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3. A specially crafted XCF image can cause a heap overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

Simple DirectMedia Layer Simple DirectMedia Layer

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

security.gentoo.org /glsa/201903-17 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
usn.ubuntu.com /4238-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0645 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-3977
NVD: CVE-2018-3977

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