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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-2888): SDL 2.0 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-2888): SDL 2.0 vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/11/2017
Created
10/04/2019
Added
10/01/2019
Modified
11/27/2024

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libsdl2-2-0-0

References

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