Description
A flaw was found with the RHSA-2019:3950 erratum, where it did not fix the CVE-2019-13616 SDL vulnerability. This issue only affects Red Hat SDL packages, SDL versions through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer overflow flaw while copying an existing surface into a new optimized one, due to a lack of validation while loading a BMP image, is possible. An application that uses SDL to parse untrusted input files may be vulnerable to this flaw, which could allow an attacker to make the application crash or execute code.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | SDL | all SDL versions through 1.2.15, all SDL versions 2.x through 2.0.9 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 7 | SDL +2 | 1.2.15-15.el7_7 | RHSA-2019:4024 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | SDL +2 | 1.2.15-15.amzn2 | ALAS2-2019-1375 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 7 | SDL +2 | 1.2.15-15.el7_7 | ELSA-2019-4024 |
Advisories 3
- RHSA-2019:4024 Red Hat Security Advisory: SDL security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- ALAS2-2019-1375 Important: SDL security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Dec 18, 2019
- ELSA-2019-4024 Important: SDL security update (Oracle Linux 7) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Dec 2, 2019