CVE-2019-12219

Exp

An issue was discovered in libSDL2.a in Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) 2.0.9 when used in conjunction with libSDL2_image.a in SDL2_image 2.0.4. There is an invalid free error in the SDL function SDL_SetError_REAL at SDL_error.c.

Published: 2019-05-20 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-12219 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.77%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-12219

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-12219

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-30 0.65% 0.77% +0.12%
2 2025-11-21 0.81% 0.65% -0.16%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.81% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-12219

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-12219

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-12219

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-12219: 1 source package rows (sdl2_image); 1 state rows across 1 repos (3.10-main); fixed 1, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-12219
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-12219 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (libsdl2-image, sdl-image1.2), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12219
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12219
ubuntu low CVE-2019-12219 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libsdl2-image, sdl-image1.2), 36 status rows across 18 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 26, released 6, ignored 2, needed 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12219

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12219

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libsdl sdl2_image 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:sdl2_image:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libsdl simple_directmedia_layer 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-12219

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