CVE-2019-12217

Published: May 20, 2019Modified: Jun 17, 2026

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in libSDL2.a in Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) 2.0.9 when used in conjunction with libSDL2_image.a in SDL2_image 2.0.4. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the SDL stdio_read function in file/SDL_rwops.c.

Affected (2)

Products: Libsdl: Sdl2 Image, Simple Directmedia Layer

Libsdl

2 products

Sdl2 Image

Simple Directmedia Layer

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libsdl Sdl2 Image	Version 2.0.4
Libsdl Simple Directmedia Layer	Version 2.0.9

Related CWEs

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (16)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00012.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00029.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4626

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GY6FDFPYUJ7YPY3XB5U75VJHBSVRVIKO/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJ2VRD57UOBT72JUC2DIFHEFCH4N64SW/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00012.html