#VU55300 Out-of-bounds read in Simple DirectMedia Layer - CVE-2020-14410 

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#VU55300 Out-of-bounds read in Simple DirectMedia Layer - CVE-2020-14410

Published: July 26, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55300
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14410
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the "Blit_3or4_to_3or4__inversed_rgb" in "video/SDL_blit_N.c". A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .BMP file, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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