CVE-2019-12217
An issue was discovered in libSDL2.a in Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) 2.0.9 when used in conjunction with libSDL2_image.a in SDL2_image 2.0.4. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the SDL
02 Description
An issue was discovered in libSDL2.a in Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) 2.0.9 when used in conjunction with libSDL2_image.a in SDL2_image 2.0.4. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the SDL
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
- 2.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. 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
- 2019-05-20 16:32Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 23:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-05-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c696703613abcd08e7a900befe0f3b250be801b3a539716a76b3938919cc3358
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.libsdl.orghttps://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4626
- 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
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2070http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00012.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00029.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-a6bc0fb143https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJ2VRD57UOBT72JUC2DIFHEFCH4N64SW/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4238-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-ff2fe47ba4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GY6FDFPYUJ7YPY3XB5U75VJHBSVRVIKO/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libsdl2-image Fixed in 2.0.5+dfsg1-1
- sdl-image1.2 Fixed in 1.2.12-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libsdl2-image Fixed in 2.0.5+dfsg1-1
- sdl-image1.2 Fixed in 1.2.12-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libsdl2-image Fixed in 2.0.5+dfsg1-1
- sdl-image1.2 Fixed in 1.2.12-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libsdl2-image No fix yet
- 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
- libsdl2-image No fix yet
- 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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