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high 8.8

CVE-2019-5052 json

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when loading a PCX file in SDL2_image 2.0.4.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-14659

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when loading a PCX file in SDL2_image 2.0.4. 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

  • 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-2019-5052

  • 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-2019-5052

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

  • SDL_image Package Hub 15 SP1, Package Hub 15 1.2.12+hg695-bp151.4.3.1
  • SDL2_image Package Hub 15 SP1, Package Hub 15 2.0.5-bp151.4.3.1
  • SDL_image openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.2.12+hg695-lp151.3.3.1
  • SDL2_image openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.0.5-lp151.2.5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:2109-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2108-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2071-1openSUSE-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-2019-5052

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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-2019-5052 updated cvss 8.8

SDL2_image: specially crafted file can cause an integer overflow which can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow and potential code execution

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0821 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

  • n/a Simple DirectMedia

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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