CVE-2022-4743

7.5 HIGH
Published: January 12, 2023 Modified: November 25, 2025
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4b
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-18
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4b
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/11/msg00024.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-18
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

13 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
18th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-401 CWE-401

Affected Vendors

redhat libsdl

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