CVE-2017-2888

Publication date 11 October 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5. A specially crafted file can cause an integer overflow resulting in too little memory being allocated which can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

USN-4143-1 addressed serveral vulnerabilities in SDL 2.0. This update provides the corresponding fixes for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libsdl1.2	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
libsdl2	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.16.04.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.3

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Notes

mdeslaur

upstream patch likely optimized away, see Red Hat bug libsdl1.2 already has a check earlier in the function

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libsdl2	Upstream: https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/7e0f1498ddb5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4143-1
SDL 2.0 vulnerabilities
30 September 2019