CVE-2017-14449

Publication date 24 April 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libsdl2-image	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.0.1+dfsg-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
sdl-image1.2	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

code to free not present in sdl-image1.2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H