High severity · published Apr 24, 2018
CVE-2017-14450
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GIF image parsing functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2
7.1
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GIF image parsing functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted GIF image can lead to a buffer overflow on a global section. An attacker can display an image to trigger this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
SI
Sdl Image · Libsdl
2.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14450
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14450
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184
Technical Description
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0499
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