CVE-2018-3838
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.42%
Description
An exploitable information vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted XCF image can cause an out-of-bounds read on the heap, resulting in information disclosure. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-3838
To remediate CVE-2018-3838, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.0.1-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.3+dfsg1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.2.12-8 or later
Is CVE-2018-3838 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.0.1-r2
- from 0, < 2.0.3+dfsg1-1
- from 0, < 1.2.12-8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |