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CVE-2019-14906 json

A flaw was found with the RHSA-2019:3950 erratum, where it did not fix the CVE-2019-13616 SDL vulnerability.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-6009

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found with the RHSA-2019:3950 erratum, where it did not fix the CVE-2019-13616 SDL vulnerability. This issue only affects Red Hat SDL packages, SDL versions through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer overflow flaw while copying an existing surface into a new optimized one, due to a lack of validation while loading a BMP image, is possible. An application that uses SDL to parse untrusted input files may be vulnerable to this flaw, which could allow an attacker to make the application crash or execute code.

Patch / fix

  • SDL RHEL 7 1.2.15-15.el7_7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:4024

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14906 updated cvss 8.1

SDL: not fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 erratum RHSA-2019:3950

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) SDL 1.2.15-15.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) SDL-devel 1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-static 1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-debuginfo 1.2.15-15.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) SDL 1.2.15-15.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) SDL-devel 1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-static 1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-debuginfo 1.2.15-15.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) SDL 1.2.15-15.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) SDL-static 1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-debuginfo 1.2.15-15.el7_7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) SDL 1.2.15-15.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) SDL-static 1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-debuginfo 1.2.15-15.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4024
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 SDL
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Red Hat SDL

Classification

Weakness

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