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CVE-2018-3838

Publication date 10 April 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

An exploitable information 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 read on the heap, resulting in information disclosure. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libsdl2-image 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.0.1+dfsg-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
sdl-image1.2 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.2.12-5+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.2.12-5+deb9u1build0.14.04.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libsdl2-image

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N