CVE-2018-3837Out-of-bounds Read in Systems INC Simple Direct Media

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 42.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the PCX image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted PCX image can cause an out-of-bounds read on the heap, resulting in information disclosure . An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDlibsdl/sdl_image2.0.2
CVEListV5cisco_systems_inc/simple_direct_mediaSimple DirectMedia LayerSDL2_image 2.0.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-gwvh-mf23-368g: An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the PCX image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-22022-05-13
OSV
poppler regression2018-12-11
OSV
CVE-2018-3837: An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the PCX image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-22018-04-10
CVEList
CVE-2018-3837: An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the PCX image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-22018-04-10

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2018-3837: libsdl2-image - An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the PCX image rend...2018

💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-3837 CVE-2018-3838 CVE-2018-3839 mingw-SDL2_image: various flaws [fedora-all]2018-04-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-3837 CVE-2018-3838 CVE-2018-3839 SDL2_image: various flaws [epel-7]2018-04-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-3837 SDL2_image: information disclosure in the PCX image rendering functionality2018-04-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-3837 CVE-2018-3838 CVE-2018-3839 SDL2_image: various flaws [fedora-all]2018-04-16
CVE-2018-3837 — Out-of-bounds Read | cvebase