CVE-2018-3977

8.8 highEPSS 3.5%

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.3. A specially crafted XCF image can cause a heap overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2018-11-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

libsdl:sdl_image

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0645
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/

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