CVE-2019-7635 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2019-7635?

CVE-2019-7635 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Feb 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

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in Blit1to4 in video/SDL_blit_1.c.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-7635?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Libsdl Simple Directmedia Layer, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-7635?

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-2019-7635 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-7635 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-2019-7635, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7635, GHSA-c83x-cr7v-6qrf, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-7635.