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libsdl2-image, sdl-image1.2 — security advisory
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3. A specially crafted XCF image can cause a heap overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.
- Products
- libsdl2-image, sdl-image1.2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.2.12-10, 2.0.3+dfsg1-3
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-3977
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:33 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3. A specially crafted XCF image can cause a heap overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-3977
libsdl2-image
Fixed versions: 2.0.3+dfsg1-3
libsdl2-image
Fixed versions: 2.0.3+dfsg1-3
libsdl2-image
Fixed versions: 2.0.3+dfsg1-3
sdl-image1.2
Fixed versions: 1.2.12-10
sdl-image1.2
Fixed versions: 1.2.12-10
sdl-image1.2
Fixed versions: 1.2.12-10
Complete source record
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