CVE-2019-12219

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

8.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

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 an invalid free error in the SDL function SDL_SetError_REAL at SDL_error.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-415

Double Free

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

References (12)

https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4625

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

https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4625