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Debian: CVE-2017-14450: libsdl2-image, sdl-image1.2 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-14450: libsdl2-image, sdl-image1.2 -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/18/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/21/2018
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GIF image parsing functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted GIF image can lead to a buffer overflow on a global section. An attacker can display an image to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

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

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