High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-3977

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3. A specially crafted XCF image can cause a heap overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

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Affected products

Sdl/Sdl Imagellm-fuzzy2 versions
=2.0.3+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =2.0.3
- cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:sdl_image:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/SDL2_image&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015 pkg: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: < 1.2.6-84.46.1
Simple DirectMedia Layer/Simple DirectMedia Layerv5
Range: Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image 2.0.3

Patches

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References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0645nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.htmlnvd
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.htmlnvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/nvd

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