CVE-2019-13626 — SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) 2

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in Fill_IMA_ADPCM_block, caused by an integer overflow in IMA_ADPCM_decode() in audio/SDL_wave.c.

01What is this vulnerability?

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in Fill_IMA_ADPCM_block, caused by an integer overflow in IMA_ADPCM_decode() in audio/SDL_wave.c.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:57:39.518Z

09References

• bugzilla.libsdl.org — https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4522
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-07
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00093.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00094.html
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html