| Name | CVE-2018-3838 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1341-1, DSA-4177-1, DSA-4184-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libsdl2-image (PTS) | bullseye | 2.0.5+dfsg1-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.6.3+dfsg-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.8.2+dfsg-1 | fixed | |
| sdl-image1.2 (PTS) | bullseye | 1.2.12-12 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.2.12-13 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.2.12-14 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libsdl2-image | source | jessie | 2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u1 | DSA-4177-1 | ||
| libsdl2-image | source | stretch | 2.0.1+dfsg-2+deb9u1 | DSA-4177-1 | ||
| libsdl2-image | source | (unstable) | 2.0.3+dfsg1-1 | |||
| sdl-image1.2 | source | wheezy | 1.2.12-2+deb7u2 | DLA-1341-1 | ||
| sdl-image1.2 | source | jessie | 1.2.12-5+deb8u1 | DSA-4184-1 | ||
| sdl-image1.2 | source | stretch | 1.2.12-5+deb9u1 | DSA-4184-1 | ||
| sdl-image1.2 | source | (unstable) | 1.2.12-8 |
https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL_image/rev/c5f9cbb5d2bbcb2150ba0596ea56b49efeed660d
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0520