CVE-2019-7635: High severity libSDL Simple DirectMedia Layer vulnerability

Published Feb 8, 2019
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Updated

Last updated 18 August 2025

Other sources

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in Blit1to4 in video/SDLblit1.c.

— Launchpad

Affected Software

46 affected componentsFixes available
libSDL Simple DirectMedia Layer<=1.2.15
libSDL Simple DirectMedia Layer>=2.0.0<=2.0.9
openSUSE Backports SLE=15.0
openSUSE Backports SLE=15.0-sp1
openSUSE Leap=15.0
openSUSE Leap=15.1
openSUSE Leap=42.3
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=31
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.04
debian/libsdl1.2
1.2.15+dfsg2-61.2.15+dfsg2-8
debian/libsdl2
2.0.14+dfsg2-3+deb11u12.0.14+dfsg2-3+deb11u22.26.5+dfsg-12.32.4+dfsg-12.32.10+dfsg-6
debian/libsdl2-image
2.0.5+dfsg1-22.6.3+dfsg-12.8.8+dfsg-12.8.8+dfsg-2
debian/sdl-image1.2
1.2.12-121.2.12-131.2.12-14
alpine/sdl<1.2.15-r11
1.2.15-r11
alpine/sdl<1.2.15-r11
1.2.15-r11
alpine/sdl<1.2.15-r11
1.2.15-r11
alpine/sdl<1.2.15-r11
1.2.15-r11
alpine/sdl<1.2.15-r11
1.2.15-r11
alpine/sdl<1.2.15-r11
1.2.15-r11
alpine/sdl<1.2.15-r8
1.2.15-r8
alpine/sdl<1.2.15-r9
1.2.15-r9
alpine/sdl<1.2.15-r10
1.2.15-r10
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0
alpine/sdl2<2.0.10-r0
2.0.10-r0

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/libsdl1.2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.15+dfsg2-6Fixed in 1.2.15+dfsg2-8
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/libsdl2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.0.14+dfsg2-3+deb11u1Fixed in 2.0.14+dfsg2-3+deb11u2Fixed in 2.26.5+dfsg-1Fixed in 2.32.4+dfsg-1Fixed in 2.32.10+dfsg-6
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/libsdl2-image to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.0.5+dfsg1-2Fixed in 2.6.3+dfsg-1Fixed in 2.8.8+dfsg-1Fixed in 2.8.8+dfsg-2
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/sdl-image1.2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.12-12Fixed in 1.2.12-13Fixed in 1.2.12-14
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/sdl to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.15-r11
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/sdl to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.15-r8
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/sdl to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.15-r9
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/sdl to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.15-r10
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/sdl2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.0.10-r0

Event History

Feb 8, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·11:29 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Data Sourced
via OSV·11:29 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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