Vulnerability Spotlight: Simple Direct Media Layer’s SDL2_Image

Summary: Cisco Talos disclosed seven code execution vulnerabilities in Simple DirectMedia Layer's SDL2_Image library version 2.0.2, affecting ILBM, ICO, BMP, XCF, and GIF image parsing through heap overflows, stack overflows, an integer overflow, and a double-free. SDL released version 2.0.3 to address the issues, and the flaws were discovered by Lilith Wyatt of Cisco Talos, with Snort rules 45019-45022, 45025-45026, 45033-45034, and 45047-45048 detecting exploitation attempts.
Why it matters: SDL2_Image is used by video playback software, emulators, and Valve's game catalog, so a single specially crafted image a user is convinced to view can execute code on systems running the unpatched 2.0.2 library.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
Mentions: CVE-2017-12122 CVE-2017-14440 CVE-2017-14441 CVE-2017-14442 CVE-2017-14448 CVE-2017-14449 CVE-2017-14450
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