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CVE-2019-12217 json

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.…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-3862

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 NULL pointer dereference in the SDL stdio_read function in file/SDL_rwops.c.

Patch / fix

  • sdl-image1.2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.12-11
  • libsdl2-image Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.5+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12217

  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.2.12-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.2.12-8ubuntu0.1
  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.2.12-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1
  • libsdl2-image Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12217

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_image Package Hub 15 SP1, Package Hub 15 2.0.5-bp151.4.3.1
  • SDL2_image openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.0.5-lp151.2.5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:2108-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2070-1

  • sdl2_image Alpine 3.10, Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8 +1 more 2.0.5-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-12217

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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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-2019-12217 updated cvss 4.0

SDL: null-pointer dereference in function stdio_read in file/SDL_rwops.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 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

2.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.libsdl.org https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4626 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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