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Ubuntu: USN-4238-1 (CVE-2018-3977): SDL_image vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4238-1 (CVE-2018-3977): SDL_image vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/01/2018
Created
01/17/2020
Added
01/15/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3. A specially crafted XCF image can cause a heap overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libsdl-image1-2

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