CVE-2017-2888

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5. A specially crafted file can cause an integer overflow resulting in too little memory being allocated which can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.

This issue did not affect the versions of SDL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

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