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Fedora 44 mingw-SDL2_image Important Information Leak CVE-2026-35444

fedora
Calendar Grey June 20, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Update to SDL2_image 2.8.12 addresses information leak via crafted XCF files, critical for Fedora users.
Update to SDL2_image 2.8.12, fixes CVE-2026-35444.

Summary

Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL2) is a cross-platform multimedia library

designed to provide fast access to the graphics frame buffer and audio

device. This package contains a simple library for loading images of

various formats (BMP, PPM, PCX, GIF, JPEG, PNG) as SDL2 surfaces.

Update Information:

Update to SDL2_image 2.8.12, fixes CVE-2026-35444.

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora important CVE fix information disclosure mingw-SDL2_image

Change Log

* Fri May 15 2026 Sandro Mani - 2.8.12-1 - Update to 2.8.12

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2455891 - CVE-2026-35444 mingw-SDL2_image: SDL_image: Information disclosure via crafted XCF files [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455891

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-6f328b5020' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: mingw-SDL2_image
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 2.8.12
Release: 1.fc44
URL: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_image
Summary: MinGW Windows port of the Image loading library for SDL2

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora important CVE fix information disclosure mingw-SDL2_image

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