CVE-2017-2888

high
Published 2017-10-11 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2888

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2888.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed2.0.6+dfsg1-4
debian debiansidfixed2.0.6+dfsg1-4
debian debiantrixiefixed2.0.6+dfsg1-4
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu18.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu19.04affected
debian debian9.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libsdlsimple_directmedia_layer2.0.5

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.