CVE-2019-12221

moderate-risk

Published 2019-05-20

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 SEGV in the SDL function SDL_free_REAL at stdlib/SDL_malloc.c.

Do I need to act?

2.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.5/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (11)

Sdl2 Image

Simple Directmedia Layer

Fedora

Ubuntu Linux

Backports Sle

Leap

Debian Linux

Affected Vendors

Debian Canonical Fedoraproject Opensuse Libsdl

References (16)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00012.html

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00029.html

Exploit https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4628

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00012.html

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00029.html

Exploit https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4628

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal

Exposure 16/34 · Moderate