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CVE-2019-7637

Publication date 8 February 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer overflow in SDL_FillRect in video/SDL_surface.c.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

USN-4143-1 addressed serveral vulnerabilities in SDL 2.0. This update provides the corresponding fixes for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libsdl1.2 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco Ignored
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.2.15+dfsg2-0.1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.2.15+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
libsdl2 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty

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Notes

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Patch causes regressions for some applications/games: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124825

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
libsdl1.2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references