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.
Published: 2023-01-12
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3314-1 libsdl2 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4382-1 libsdl2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-52041 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.
History

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00054}

epss

{'score': 0.00055}


Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Libsdl Simple Directmedia Layer
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-25T21:04:08.359Z

Reserved: 2022-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-4743

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-25T21:04:08.359Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-12T19:15:24.457

Modified: 2025-11-25T21:15:53.873

Link: CVE-2022-4743

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-09-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-4743 - Bugzilla

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