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CVE-2019-12216

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12216 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability found in the IMG_LoadPCX_RW function within libSDL2.a (SDL 2.0.9) when used with libSDL2_image.a (SDL2_image 2.0.4), affecting products like Canonical, Debian, Fedora, and libsdl. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily leads to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:sdl2_image:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0221 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-12216Moderate

SDL: heap-based buffer overflow in function SDL2_image function IMG_LoadPCX_RW in IMG_pcx.c

May 20, 2019

References

bugzilla.libsdl.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00021.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GY6FDFPYUJ7YPY3XB5U75VJHBSVRVIKO
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJ2VRD57UOBT72JUC2DIFHEFCH4N64SW
usn.ubuntu.com / 4238-1
Third Party Advisory