UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2888

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2888

    Published: 11 Oct 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2888
    Aliases:
    USN-4143-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2888, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0395, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4143-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2888

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libsdl2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.16.04.2

    Affected versions

    2.0.2+dfsg1-6ubuntu2
    2.0.4+dfsg1-2
    2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu1
    2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2
    2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.16.04.1

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High