High severity · published Jan 19, 2021
CVE-2020-14409
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has an Integer Overflow (and resultant SDL_memcpy heap corruption) in SDL_BlitCopy in video/SDL_blit_copy.c via a crafted .BMP file
7.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has an Integer Overflow (and resultant SDL_memcpy heap corruption) in SDL_BlitCopy in video/SDL_blit_copy.c via a crafted .BMP file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33 · source: NVD
SD
Simple Directmedia Layer · Libsdl
2.0.12 through 2.0.20 · source: NVD
SV
Starwind Virtual San · Starwindsoftware
v8; v8; v8; v8; v8; v8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14409
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14409
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5200
Patch
https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/3f9b4e92c1d9
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00024.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FS32YCEJLQ2FYUWSWYI2ZMQWQEAWJNR/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-55
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