Medium severity · published Jan 19, 2021
CVE-2020-14410
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read in Blit_3or4_to_3or4__inversed_rgb in video/SDL_blit_N.c via a crafted .BMP file
5.4
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read in Blit_3or4_to_3or4__inversed_rgb in video/SDL_blit_N.c via a crafted .BMP file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% 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
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14410
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14410
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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