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CVE-2019-13616 json

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in BlitNtoN in video/SDL_blit_N.c whe…

published 2019-07-16 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5051

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in BlitNtoN in video/SDL_blit_N.c when called from SDL_SoftBlit in video/SDL_blit.c.

Patch / fix

  • libsdl2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.10+dfsg1-1
  • libsdl1.2 Debian 12 1.2.15+dfsg2-5
  • sdl-image1.2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.12-12
  • libsdl2-image Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.5+dfsg1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13616

  • libsdl1.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.2.15+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1
  • libsdl1.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.2.15+dfsg2-0.1ubuntu0.1
  • 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
  • libsdl1.2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.2.15-8ubuntu1.1+esm1
  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.2.12-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13616

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  • SDL RHEL 8 1.2.15-36.el8_1
  • SDL RHEL 7 1.2.15-14.el7_7
  • SDL RHEL 8.0 E4S 1.2.15-33.el8_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:0293RHSA-2019:3951RHSA-2019:3950

  • SDL SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 1.2.15-3.12.73
  • SDL SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.2.15-15.14.2
  • SDL2 SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 2.0.8-3.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3261-1SUSE-SU-2020:3030-1SUSE-SU-2019:2463-2SUSE-SU-2019:2463-1

  • SDL openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.15-1.1
  • SDL2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.32.8-1.1
  • SDL2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.0.16-2.3
  • SDL openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.2.15-lp151.4.3.1
  • SDL openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.2.15-lp152.5.3.1
  • SDL2 openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.0.8-lp151.4.6.1
  • SDL2 openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.0.8-lp150.2.9.1
  • SDL_image Package Hub 15 SP1, Package Hub 15 1.2.12+hg695-bp151.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15205-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15206-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10607-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1990-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1916-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2226-1

  • sdl Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 +3 more 1.2.15-r12
  • sdl Alpine 3.7 1.2.15-r9
  • sdl Alpine 3.8 1.2.15-r10
  • sdl Alpine 3.9 1.2.15-r11
  • sdl_image Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 1.2.12-r5
  • sdl_image Alpine 3.7 1.2.12-r4
  • sdl2_image Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +11 more 2.0.5-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-13616

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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-2019-13616 updated cvss 8.1

SDL: heap-based buffer overflow in SDL blit functions in video/SDL_blit*.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SDL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SDL
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “If the application accepts untrusted BMP files there is no known mitigation apart from applying the patch.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) SDL 1.2.15-36.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix “If the application accepts untrusted BMP files there is no known mitigation apart from applying the patch.” RHSA-2019:3951
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) SDL 1.2.15-33.el8_0
    fixed: vendor fix “If the application accepts untrusted BMP files there is no known mitigation apart from applying the patch.” RHSA-2020:0293
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) SDL 1.2.15-14.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) SDL-devel 1.2.15-14.el7_7, SDL-static 1.2.15-14.el7_7, SDL-debuginfo 1.2.15-14.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) SDL 1.2.15-14.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) SDL-devel 1.2.15-14.el7_7, SDL-static 1.2.15-14.el7_7, SDL-debuginfo 1.2.15-14.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) SDL 1.2.15-14.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) SDL-static 1.2.15-14.el7_7, SDL-debuginfo 1.2.15-14.el7_7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) SDL 1.2.15-14.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) SDL-static 1.2.15-14.el7_7, SDL-debuginfo 1.2.15-14.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix “If the application accepts untrusted BMP files there is no known mitigation apart from applying the patch.” RHSA-2019:3950

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Exploit prediction

3.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.libsdl.org https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4538 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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