CVE-2017-14450: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GIF image parsing functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted GIF image can lead to a buffer overflow on a global section. An attacker can display an image to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Libsdl Sdl Image: version 2.0.2 only

Published 2018-04-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.