Vigil@nce - Simple DirectMedia Layer: out-of-bounds memory reading via Blit_3or4_to_3or4__inversed_rgb
April 2021 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading, denial of service on service, denial
of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 01/02/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via
Blit_3or4_to_3or4__inversed_rgb() of Simple DirectMedia Layer, in
order to trigger a denial of service, or to obtain sensitive
information.
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