{"id":"CVE-2018-3977","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-3977","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:02:21.964Z","title":"An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3.","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.","published":"2018-11-01T15:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:58:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"talos-cna@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["libsdl/sdl image"],"epss":{"score":0.03479,"percentile":0.89041,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html","source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html","source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0645","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/","source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0645","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3977","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}