CVE-2017-2888Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Simple Direct Media

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5. 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5talos/simple_direct_mediaSimple DirectMedia Layer 2.0.5

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-3x42-vgc3-7f6c: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 22022-05-13
OSV
SDL 2.0 vulnerabilities2019-09-30
CVEList
CVE-2017-2888: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 22017-10-11
OSV
CVE-2017-2888: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 22017-10-11

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
SDL 2.0 vulnerabilities2019-09-30
Red Hat
SDL: Integer overflow while creating a new RGB surface2017-10-10
Debian
CVE-2017-2888: libsdl1.2 - An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Sur...2017

💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2888 SDL2: SDL: Integer overflow while creating a new RGB surface [epel-7]2017-10-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2888 SDL2: SDL: Integer overflow while creating a new RGB surface [fedora-all]2017-10-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2888 mingw-SDL: SDL: Integer overflow while creating a new RGB surface [fedora-all]2017-10-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2888 SDL: Integer overflow while creating a new RGB surface [fedora-all]2017-10-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-2888 SDL: Integer overflow while creating a new RGB surface2017-10-11
CVE-2017-2888 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound | cvebase