CVE-2022-4743
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Jan 12, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 25, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 26, 2022
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
SDL2n/a |
|
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4b
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230208 [SECURITY] [DLA 3314-1] libsdl2 security updatemailing-list
- GLSA-202305-18vendor-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/11/msg00024.html
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