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SUSE: CVE-2017-2888: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-2888: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/28/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5. A specially crafted file can cause an integer overflow resulting in too little memory being allocated which can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libsdl2-2_0-0
  • suse-upgrade-libsdl2-2_0-0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libsdl2-devel

References

  • USN-4143-1
  • CVE-2017-2888

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