CVE-2017-2888
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-10-11 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-12-01
- Assigning CNA
- talos
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 753e244f183cbad02621c4fa93a5f531c4f44ef5a09f9b48f7bc50d5f0d78529
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com101215http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101215
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4143-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4143-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211031 [SECURITY] [DLA 2803-1] libsdl2 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00031.html
- www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0395
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libsdl2 Fixed in 2.0.6+dfsg1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libsdl2 Fixed in 2.0.6+dfsg1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libsdl2 Fixed in 2.0.6+dfsg1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libsdl2 Fixed in 2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.16.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.