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high 8.8

CVE-2017-14440 json

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ILBM image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2.

published 2018-04-24 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-5943

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ILBM image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted ILBM image can cause a stack overflow resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • sdl-image1.2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.12-8
  • libsdl2-image Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.3+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14440

  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.2.12-5+deb9u1build0.14.04.1
  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.2.12-5+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
  • libsdl2-image Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
  • libsdl2-image Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.0.1+dfsg-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14440

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • SDL_image SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.6-84.42.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3657-1

  • sdl2_image Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 2.0.3-r0
  • sdl2_image Alpine 3.6, Alpine 3.5 2.0.1-r2
  • sdl2_image Alpine 3.7 2.0.2-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-14440

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14440 updated cvss 6.3

SDL2_image: code execution in the ILBM image rendering

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Sam Lantinga and Mattias Engdegård Simple DirectMedia Layer

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.