CVE-2019-12216
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (13)
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- libsdl simple directmedia layer= 2.0.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (24)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4619cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GY6FDFPYUJ7YPY3XB5U75VJHBSVRVIKO/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJ2VRD57UOBT72JUC2DIFHEFCH4N64SW/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12216cnnvd
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-1865-1cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/cnnvd
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