CVE-2018-3838: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An exploitable information vulnerability exists in the XCF image rendering functionality of Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially crafted XCF image can cause an out-of-bounds read on the heap, resulting in information disclosure. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

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

Published 2018-04-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.