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 heap-based buffer overflow in the SDL2_image function IMG_LoadPCX_RW at IMG_pcx.c.
Published: 2019-05-20
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1861-1 libsdl2-image security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1865-1 sdl-image1.2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-3861 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 heap-based buffer overflow in the SDL2_image function IMG_LoadPCX_RW at IMG_pcx.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4238-1 SDL_image vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00418}

epss

{'score': 0.00879}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Libsdl Sdl2 Image Simple Directmedia Layer
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:17:38.237Z

Reserved: 2019-05-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-12216

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-20T17:29:17.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:22:26.520

Link: CVE-2019-12216

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-05-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-12216 - Bugzilla

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