CVE-2019-13616

Exp

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in BlitNtoN in video/SDL_blit_N.c when called from SDL_SoftBlit in video/SDL_blit.c.

Published: 2019-07-16 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-13616 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.19%, 92th percentile). 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-2019-13616

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-13616

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 2026-06-07 8.94% 7.19% -1.75%
2 2026-05-05 7.81% 8.94% +1.13%
3 2026-05-04 — 7.81% —

Full EPSS history (34 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-13616

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.2 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-13616

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-13616

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-13616: 3 source package rows (sdl, sdl2_image, sdl_image); 21 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 21, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-13616
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-13616 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 4 source packages (libsdl1.2, libsdl2, libsdl2-image, sdl-image1.2), 17 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 17. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13616
gentoo normal CVE-2019-13616: 1 GLSA(s) (202305-17), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/libsdl); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-13616
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13616
suse medium CVE-2019-13616 severity moderate: SUSE including 95 source package names (SDL-1.2.13-106.14.12, SDL-1.2.15-1.1, …), 130 product×package rows across 31 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (31 product lines)): Fixed 130. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13616/
ubuntu low CVE-2019-13616 low priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (libsdl1.2, libsdl2, libsdl2-image, sdl-image1.2), 72 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 46, released 9, needed 6, DNE 5, ignored 5, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13616

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-13616

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libsdl simple_directmedia_layer <= 1.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libsdl simple_directmedia_layer >= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse backports_sle 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse backports_sle 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 29 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-13616

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00014.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00029.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00093.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00094.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3950 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3951 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0293 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4538 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZO47LLKKRXKMUGSRCFNHSTHG5OEBYCG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GY6FDFPYUJ7YPY3XB5U75VJHBSVRVIKO/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HEH5RO7XZA5DDCO2XOP4QHDEELQQTYV2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UITVW4WTOOCECLLWPQCV7VWMU66DN255/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VDNX3RVXTWELBXQDNERNVVKDGKDF2MPB/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-17
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4156-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4156-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4238-1/ Third Party Advisory
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