CVE-2019-14906
A flaw was found with the RHSA-2019:3950 erratum, where it did not fix the CVE-2019-13616 SDL...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-14906- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787, CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-6009
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-6009- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2w82-mm6w-3vc9
A flaw was found with the RHSA-2019:3950 erratum, where it did not fix the CVE-2019-13616 SDL...
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.
- Record
GHSA-2w82-mm6w-3vc9- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-14906- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-14906- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2019:4024
Red Hat Security Advisory: SDL security update
- Record
RHSA-2019:4024- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
SDLRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-staticRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDLRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-staticRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDLRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
SDL-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-staticRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDLRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
SDL-staticRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 | 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-14906 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Red Hat Sdl, published January 7, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.75%, the 77th percentile. Fixed in SDL 0:1.2.15-15.el7_7.