UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3977

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3977

    Published: 1 Nov 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-3977
    Aliases:
    USN-4238-1

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3. A specially crafted XCF 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-2018-3977, https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0645, https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL_image/rev/170d7d32e4a8, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4238-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3977

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libsdl2-image

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-3+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.0.0+dfsg-2
    2.0.0+dfsg-3
    2.0.0+dfsg-3build2
    2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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