CVE-2017-2888

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2888
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2888.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-2888
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-10-11T18:29:05.083Z
Modified
2026-07-07T08:49:39.212122686Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5. A specially crafted file can cause an integer overflow resulting in too little memory being allocated which can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "19.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "19.04"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libsdl-org/sdl

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl
Events
Introduced
54eb9067e15adcf0d978d0b672fe70cef0c05528
Last affected
54eb9067e15adcf0d978d0b672fe70cef0c05528
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.0.5"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.5"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.5
release-2.*
release-2.0.5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2888.json"