CVE-2022-4743

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 14%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
libsdlsimple_directmedia_layer
2.0.4 ≤
𝑥
< 2.26.0
redhatenterprise_linux
9.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
libsdl2
bookworm
2.26.5+dfsg-1
fixed
bullseye
no-dsa
sid
2.30.9+dfsg-1
fixed
trixie
2.30.8+dfsg-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
libsdl2
bionic
needed
focal
needed
jammy
needed
kinetic
ignored
lunar
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
needed
xenial
needed
openSUSE logo
openSUSE / SLES Releases
openSUSE Product
Release
SDL2-devel
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
libSDL2-2_0-0
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
2.28.5-150600.1.4
fixed
libSDL2-devel
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
2.0.8-150200.11.9.1
fixed
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
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