CVE-2019-5051: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Libsdl SDL2 Image: version 2.0.4 only
• Opensuse Backports Sle: version 15.0 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.0 only; version 15.1 only

Published 2019-07-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.