CVE-2019-5051
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.040 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when loading a PCX file in SDL2_image, version 2.0.4. A missing error handler can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
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affected products (8)
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references (24)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00012.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00029.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3394bc2b-9da4-11e9-951e-14dae9d5a9d2.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5051cnnvd
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-1865-1cnnvd
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0820cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/cnnvd
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