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libsdl2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14409

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has an Integer Overflow (and resultant SDL_memcpy heap corruption) in SDL_BlitCopy in video/SDL_blit_copy.c via a crafted .BMP file.

Products
libsdl2
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.0.14+dfsg2-2
CVEs
CVE-2020-14409
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 12:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14409

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jan 2021, 20:15 UTC

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has an Integer Overflow (and resultant SDL_memcpy heap corruption) in SDL_BlitCopy in video/SDL_blit_copy.c via a crafted .BMP file.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14409

libsdl2

Fixed versions: 2.0.14+dfsg2-2

libsdl2

Fixed versions: 2.0.14+dfsg2-2

libsdl2

Fixed versions: 2.0.14+dfsg2-2

Complete source record
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