# CVE-2020-14409: SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has an Integer Overflow (and resultant SDL\_memcpy heap corruption) in SDL\_BlitCopy in video/SD

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-01-19 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has an Integer Overflow (and resultant SDL_memcpy heap corruption) in SDL_BlitCopy in video/SDL_blit_copy.c via a crafted .BMP file.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5200
- https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/3f9b4e92c1d9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00024.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FS32YCEJLQ2FYUWSWYI2ZMQWQEAWJNR/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-55
- https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20210325-0001/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html

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