High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-3839
CVE-2018-3839
Description
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted XCF image can cause an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.
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Affected products
4- Range: = 2.0.2
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/suse/SDL2_image&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015pkg:rpm/suse/SDL_image&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4
< 2.0.4-bp150.3.3.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.4-bp150.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.6-84.42.1
- Cisco Systems, Inc./Simple DirectMediav5Range: Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image 2.0.2
Patches
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References
5- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0521nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20191008-0002/nvdThird Party Advisory
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