CVE-2019-12217

Public Exploit

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

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.42%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory libsdl.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4626 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00012.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00029.html vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJ2VRD57UOBT72JUC2DIFHEFCH4N64SW/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GY6FDFPYUJ7YPY3XB5U75VJHBSVRVIKO/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-12217?
CVE-2019-12217 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-12217?
To fix CVE-2019-12217, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-12217 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-12217 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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