CVE-2019-5057: Libsdl SDL2 Image

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the PCX image-rendering functionality of SDL2_image 2.0.4. A specially crafted PCX image can cause a heap overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can display a specially crafted image to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• 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 2019-07-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.