MGASA-2017-0398

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    MGASA-2017-0398

    Published: 2 Nov 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2888

    Summary: Updated sdl2 packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Yves Younan of Cisco Talos discovered an exploitable integer overflow vulnerability when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.x before version 2.0.7. 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 (CVE-2017-2888).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0398.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21882, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0395, http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/7e0f1498ddb5, http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/81a4950907a0

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sdl2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/sdl2?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.3-4.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High