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CVE-2018-3837

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3837 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the PCX image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-2.0.2, affecting various Debian and StarWind Virtual SAN products. A specially crafted PCX image can trigger an out-of-bounds read on the heap, leading to the disclosure of sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) for exploitation, but has a high impact on confidentiality (C:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:sdl_image:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
v8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:starwindsoftware:starwind_virtual_san:v8:build12533:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*
v8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:starwindsoftware:starwind_virtual_san:v8:build12658:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201903-17
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4177
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4184
Third Party Advisory
starwindsoftware.com / security/sw-20191008-0001
Third Party Advisory
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0519
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory