CVE-2017-14449

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-415

Description

A double-Free vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted XCF image can cause a Double-Free situation to occur. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
libsdl-org SDL_image: 2.0.2

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0498
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-17
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0498

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