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SUSE: CVE-2017-12122: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-12122: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/18/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/20/2018
Modified
06/20/2021

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)

  • suse-upgrade-sdl_image
  • suse-upgrade-sdl_image-devel

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