CVE-2017-2888

HIGH

Simple DirectMedia Layer 2.0.5 - Integer Overflow in RGB Surface Creation

Title source: llm

Description

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5. A specially crafted file can cause an integer overflow resulting in too little memory being allocated which can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101215

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4143-1/

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00031.html

Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0395

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0307

EPSS Percentile 86.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-190

Status published

Products (6)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.04

debian/debian_linux 9.0

libsdl/simple_directmedia_layer 2.0.5

Talos/Simple Direct Media Simple DirectMedia Layer 2.0.5

Published Oct 11, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026