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TI-2019-11109 Aliases CVE-2019-14906GHSA-2w82-mm6w-3vc9

Out-of-bounds read in Red Hat SDL

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A flaw was found with the RHSA-2019:3950 erratum, where it did not fix the CVE-2019-13616 SDL vulnerability. This issue only affects Red Hat SDL packages, SDL versions through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer overflow flaw while copying an existing surface into a new optimized one, due to a lack of validation while loading a BMP image, is possible. An application that uses SDL to parse untrusted input files may be vulnerable to this flaw, which could allow an attacker to make the application crash or execute code.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01752 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatSDLall SDL versions through 1.2.15; all SDL versions 2.x through 2.0.9—No fix listedCNA
  • SDL VendorRed Hat Affected all SDL versions through 1.2.15; all SDL versions 2.x through 2.0.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.2.15; 2.0.0 – 2.0.9VulnerableLibsdl
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.2.15; 2.0.0 – 2.0.9 Vulnerable ·Libsdl
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2019:4024 Released 2019-12-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    SDL security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) SDL-1.2.15-15.el7_7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) SDL-devel-1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-static-1.2.15-15.el7_7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) SDL-1.2.15-15.el7_7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) SDL-devel-1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-static-1.2.15-15.el7_7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) SDL-1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-1.2.15-15.el7_7.ppc, SDL-devel-1.2.15-15.el7_7 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) SDL-static-1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-static-1.2.15-15.el7_7.ppc
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) SDL-1.2.15-15.el7_7, SDL-devel-1.2.15-15.el7_7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) SDL-static-1.2.15-15.el7_7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4024
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4024
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4024
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4024
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4024
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4024
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4024
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4024
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14906
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2w82-mm6w-3vc9

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-10530 Code injection in [UNKNOWN] RichFaces KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-23530 Sudo before 1.9.17p1 allows local users to obtain root access because /etc/nsswitch.conf… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2021-17490 mod_proxy SSRF KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
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