UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12122

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12122

    Published: 24 Apr 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12122

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ILBM image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted ILBM image can cause a heap overflow resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12122, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0488, https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL_image/rev/16772bbb1b09, https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL_image/rev/97f7f01e0665, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12122

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libsdl2-image

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    2.0.0+dfsg-2
    2.0.0+dfsg-3
    2.0.0+dfsg-3build2

    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