Vulnerability · Published Jan 19, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-14409
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the libsdl2 package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has an Integer Overflow (and resultant SDL_memcpy heap corruption) in SDL_BlitCopy in video/SDL_blit_copy.c via a crafted .BMP file.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libsdl2 | 2.0.14+dfsg2-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14409 |
| Debian:13 | libsdl2 | 2.0.14+dfsg2-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14409 |
| Debian:14 | libsdl2 | 2.0.14+dfsg2-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14409 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5200
- https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/3f9b4e92c1d9
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210130 [SECURITY] [DLA 2536-1] libsdl2 security update mailing-list
- FEDORA-2021-9d65b22041 vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202107-55 vendor-advisory
- https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20210325-0001/
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230208 [SECURITY] [DLA 3314-1] libsdl2 security update mailing-list