CVE-2018-3838

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
An exploitable information vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted XCF image can cause an out-of-bounds read on the heap, resulting in information disclosure. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-3838
  • Assigner
  • talos-cna@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-04-10T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-04T01:08:58
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:sdl_image:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0520 Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3838
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3838
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-04-20 17:01:34 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 04:35:54 2018-04-10T21:29Z 2018-04-10T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 04:35:54 2022-04-19T18:15:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 04:35:54 Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-04 03:08:02 2023-02-04T01:08:58 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-04 03:08:02 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-04 03:08:02 Weakness Enumeration update