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CVE-2017-2888 json

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5.

published 2017-10-11 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-12029

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5. A specially crafted file can cause an integer overflow resulting in too little memory being allocated which can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • libsdl2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.6+dfsg1-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2888

  • libsdl2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.16.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2888

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • SDL2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.32.8-1.1
  • SDL2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.0.16-2.3
  • SDL2 Package Hub 12 2.0.5-7.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15206-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10607-1openSUSE-SU-2017:2893-1openSUSE-SU-2017:2895-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-2888 updated cvss 7.8

SDL: Integer overflow while creating a new RGB surface

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SDL
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0395 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Talos Simple Direct Media

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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