CVE-2017-2888

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
2026-03-14T14:25:16.894164Z
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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libsdl-org/sdl

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
Database specific
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.5"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

release-2.*
release-2.0.4
release-2.0.5

Database specific

unresolved_ranges
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "16.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "18.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "19.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.0"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2888.json"