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CVE-2019-12216

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—

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 heap-based buffer overflow in the SDL2_image function IMG_LoadPCX_RW at IMG_pcx.c.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (5)

Canonical — Ubuntu LinuxDebian — Debian LinuxFedoraproject — FedoraLibsdl — Sdl2 ImageLibsdl — Simple Directmedia Layer

CWEs

References

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