VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-3977
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 3.48%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.48% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- libsdl/sdl image
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0645Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0645Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.