CVE-2018-3837

moderate-risk
Published 2018-04-10

An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the PCX image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted PCX image can cause an out-of-bounds read on the heap, resulting in information disclosure . An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Do I need to act?

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0.35% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Sdl Image

Affected Vendors

Debian Libsdl Starwindsoftware

References (10)

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184
Third Party Advisory https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20191008-0001/
Exploit https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0519
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184
Third Party Advisory https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20191008-0001/
Exploit https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0519
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moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low