PT-2018-16231 · Sdl+1 · Sdl2 Image+1

Published 2018-04-10 · Updated 2024-04-08 · CVE-2018-3837

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SDL2 image version 2.0.2

Description An information disclosure issue exists in the PCX image rendering functionality. A specially crafted PCX image can cause an out-of-bounds read on the heap, resulting in information disclosure. This can be triggered by displaying a specially crafted image.

Recommendations For SDL2 image version 2.0.2, consider avoiding the use of PCX images until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the rendering of PCX images to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-3678

CVE-2018-3837

DLA-1341-1

DSA-4177-1

DSA-4184-1

MGASA-2018-0276

MGASA-2018-0454

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Sdl2 Image

References · 35

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0519 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4184-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0276 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0454.html · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0276.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3837 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4177-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-3837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3837 · Security Note