CVE-2019-14906

Description

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.

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14906	issue tracking patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-14906?: CVE-2019-14906 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-14906?: To fix CVE-2019-14906, 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-2019-14906 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2019-14906 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-14906?: CVE-2019-14906 affects Red Hat SDL.

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Description

Categories

CWE-125 – Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-787 – Out-of-bounds Write

References

Frequently Asked Questions