CVE-2018-3977
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.
02 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.
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
- 3.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.5% 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:3.0/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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2018-11-01 15:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 02:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-01-02
- 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-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3d6d4403b7caf41aa8c5b2babae6213525555e3ffa653806cf70bcf253696b3f
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201903-17https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190722 [SECURITY] [DLA 1861-1] libsdl2-image security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190727 [SECURITY] [DLA 1865-1] sdl-image1.2 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4238-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/
- talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0645
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libsdl2-image Fixed in 2.0.3+dfsg1-3
- sdl-image1.2 Fixed in 1.2.12-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libsdl2-image Fixed in 2.0.3+dfsg1-3
- sdl-image1.2 Fixed in 1.2.12-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libsdl2-image Fixed in 2.0.3+dfsg1-3
- sdl-image1.2 Fixed in 1.2.12-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- sdl-image1.2 Fixed in 1.2.12-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- sdl-image1.2 Fixed in 1.2.12-8ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- libsdl2-image Fixed in 2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- sdl-image1.2 Fixed in 1.2.12-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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