VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-4743
A potential memory leak issue was discovered in SDL2 in GLES_CreateTexture() function in SDL_render_gles.c.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.26%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.26% probability · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- libsdl/simple directmedia layer · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-18
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/11/msg00024.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-18
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.