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High severity · published Jan 12, 2023
CVE-2022-4743
A potential memory leak issue was discovered in SDL2 in GLES_CreateTexture() function in SDL_render_gles.c
7.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A potential memory leak issue was discovered in SDL2 in GLES_CreateTexture() function in SDL_render_gles.c. The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial of service attack. The vulnerability affects SDL2 v2.0.4 and above. SDL-1.x are not affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
9.0 · source: NVD
SD
Simple Directmedia Layer · Libsdl
2.0.4 before 2.26.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
SD
Simple Directmedia Layer
Libsdl
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4743
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4743
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290
Patch
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4b
Patch
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-18
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