CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-14449

Double Free

Published: Apr 24, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A double-Free vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted XCF image can cause a Double-Free situation to occur. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sdl_image Libsdl 2.0.2 (including) 2.0.2 (including)
Libsdl2-image Ubuntu artful *
Libsdl2-image Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Libsdl2-image Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Libsdl2-image Ubuntu trusty *
Libsdl2-image Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Libsdl2-image Ubuntu upstream *
Libsdl2-image Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References