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Debian: CVE-2017-12122: libsdl2-image, sdl-image1.2 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-12122: libsdl2-image, sdl-image1.2 -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/18/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/21/2018
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ILBM image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted ILBM image can cause a heap overflow resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libsdl2-image
  • debian-upgrade-sdl-image1-2

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