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CVE-2019-12220 json

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.…

published 2019-05-20 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-3865

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 out-of-bounds read in the SDL function SDL_FreePalette_REAL at video/SDL_pixels.c.

Patch / fix

  • sdl-image1.2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.12-11
  • libsdl2-image Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.5+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12220

  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.2.12-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.2.12-8ubuntu0.1
  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.2.12-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1
  • libsdl2-image Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12220

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

  • SDL2_image Package Hub 15 SP1, Package Hub 15 2.0.5-bp151.4.3.1
  • SDL2_image openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.0.5-lp151.2.5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:2108-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2070-1

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-2019-12220 updated cvss 7.3

SDL: out-of-bounds read in function SDL_FreePalette_REAL in video/SDL_pixels.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 SDL
    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

1.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.libsdl.org https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4627 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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