Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU19285

#VU19285 Integer overflow in Simple DirectMedia Layer - CVE-2019-13626

Published: July 22, 2019 / Updated: March 7, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU19285

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13626

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Simple DirectMedia Layer

Software vendor:
zlib license

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack on a targeted system.

The vulnerability exists due to an integer overflow in the "IMA_ADPCM_decode()" function in the "audio/SDL_wave.c" file. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer over-read condition in the "Fill_IMA_ADPCM_block" function and perform a DoS attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

External links

https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4522