CVE-2019-5051
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.4%
Description
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when loading a PCX file in SDL2_image, version 2.0.4. A missing error handler can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-5051
To remediate CVE-2019-5051, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/sdl2_image—upgrade to 2.0.5-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.5+dfsg1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.2.12-11 or later
Is CVE-2019-5051 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.0.5-r0
- from 0, < 2.0.5+dfsg1-1
- from 0, < 1.2.12-11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |