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Ubuntu: USN-4238-1 (CVE-2019-5051): SDL_image vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4238-1 (CVE-2019-5051): SDL_image vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/02/2019
Created
01/17/2020
Added
01/15/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when loading a PCX file in SDL2_image, version 2.0.4. A missing error handler 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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libsdl-image1-2

References

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