An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XCF property handling functionality of SDL_image 2.0.1. A specially crafted xcf file can cause a stack-based buffer overflow resulting in potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted XCF file to trigger this vulnerability.

Security fix for CVE-2018-3977

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the image loading library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 1.2, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed image files are opened.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the image loading library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 2, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed image files are opened.

This update for SDL_image and SDL2_image fixes the following security issue :

  - CVE-2017-2887: A specially crafted file could have been     used to cause a stack overflow resulting in potential     code execution (bsc#1062777)

Fix CVE-2017-2887

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It was discovered that there was a buffer overflow vulnerability in sdl-image1.2, an image loading library.

A specially crafted .xcf file could cause a stack-based buffer overflow resulting in potential code execution.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in sdl-image1.2 version 1.2.12-2+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sdl-image1.2 packages.

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
120873	Fedora 28 : mingw-SDL2_image (2018-e8d19367cb)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
120721	Fedora 29 : mingw-SDL2_image (2018-b38de02132)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
109413	Debian DSA-4184-1 : sdl-image1.2 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
109219	Debian DSA-4177-1 : libsdl2-image - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
106919	openSUSE Security Update : SDL_image / SDL2_image (openSUSE-2018-187)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
105839	Fedora 27 : SDL2_image (2017-2c58422bc0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
103998	Fedora 26 : SDL2_image (2017-9b0095a6f2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
103996	Fedora 25 : SDL2_image (2017-15987a1b7f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
103858	Debian DLA-1134-1 : sdl-image1.2 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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