# CVE-2019-7637: SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer overflow in SDL\_FillRect in video/SDL\_surface.c.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-02-08 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer overflow in SDL_FillRect in video/SDL_surface.c.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00016.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00015.html
- https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4497
- https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/vulnerabilities-found-in-libsdl-1-2-15/25720
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00063.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00088.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00071.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4143-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4156-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4156-2/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00020.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZO47LLKKRXKMUGSRCFNHSTHG5OEBYCG/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00031.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00032.html

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