CVE-2017-2888

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5

High · published October 11, 2017

CVSS v3.0
8.8
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5. A specially crafted file can cause an integer overflow resulting in too little memory being allocated which can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03072 · 87.5th percentile
Published
2017-10-11T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 OCT 18:00Z
    An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5
    cvelistv5