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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-14441: SDL2_Image: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-14441: SDL2_Image: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/24/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/29/2019
Modified
03/29/2019

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-sdl2-image

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