VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-12216
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the SDL2_image function IMG_LoadPCX_RW at IMG_pcx.c.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.21%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in libSDL2.a in Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) 2.0.9 when used in conjunction with libSDL2_image.a in SDL2_image 2.0.4. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the SDL2_image function IMG_LoadPCX_RW at IMG_pcx.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.21% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- libsdl/sdl2 image · libsdl/simple directmedia layer · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4619Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GY6FDFPYUJ7YPY3XB5U75VJHBSVRVIKO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJ2VRD57UOBT72JUC2DIFHEFCH4N64SW/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4619Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GY6FDFPYUJ7YPY3XB5U75VJHBSVRVIKO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJ2VRD57UOBT72JUC2DIFHEFCH4N64SW/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.