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CVE-2019-14906

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-14906 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Red Hat SDL packages, specifically SDL versions through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9. This flaw, stemming from insufficient validation during BMP image loading, allows an attacker to crash applications or execute arbitrary code by providing a malicious image file. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low immediate threat but a high potential risk if weaponized.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0175 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: SDL-0:1.2.15-15.el7_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-14906Important

SDL: not fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 erratum RHSA-2019:3950

Nov 25, 2019

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory