CVE-2019-5059 Information

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XPM image rendering functionality of SDL2_image 2.0.4. A specially crafted XPM image can cause an integer overflow allocating too small of a buffer. This buffer can then be written out of bounds resulting in a heap overflow ultimately ending in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00012.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00014.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00029.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00030.html https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0843

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8