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ubuntu-cve-2018-3838

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2018-04-10 21:29

Modified

2026-04-22 07:38

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

5.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3838	REPORT
	https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_r…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3838	REPORT

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CVE-2018-3838 (GCVE-0-2018-3838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-10 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:44

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

Heap Based-Overflow

Assigner

talos

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_r…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Cisco Systems, Inc.	Simple DirectMedia	Affected: Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image 2.0.2

Date Public

2018-04-10 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2018-3838 (GCVE-0-2018-3838)

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