CVE-2019-5051 Memory corruption in Simple DirectMedia

What is CVE-2019-5051?

CVE-2019-5051 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when loading a PCX file in SDL2_image, version 2.0.4. A missing error handler can lead to a buffer overflow and potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted image file to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-755, CWE-390

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5051?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libsdl Sdl2 Image, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5051?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-5051 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5051 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-5051, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5051, GHSA-wxjc-cpqc-xw6q, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5051.