CVE-2022-4743
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
12/01/2023
Last modified:
25/11/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.4 (including) | 2.26.0 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4b
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269
- 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-2022-4743
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4b
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269
- 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



