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CVE-2022-4743· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

A potential memory leak issue was discovered in SDL2 in GLES_CreateTexture() function in SDL_render_gles.c.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 70.7% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: libsdl2 (Debian:10) 2.0.9+dfsg1-1+deb10u1; libsdl2 (Debian:11) 2.0.14+dfsg2-3+deb11u2; libsdl2 (Debian:12) 2.26.0+dfsg-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to libsdl2 (Debian:10) 2.0.9+dfsg1-1+deb10u1; libsdl2 (Debian:11) 2.0.14+dfsg2-3+deb11u2; libsdl2 (Debian:12) 2.26.0+dfsg-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jan 12, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.3% · 70th percentile

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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
libsdlsimple directmedia layer
redhatenterprise linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • libsdl simple directmedia layer2.0.4 and later · before 2.26.0
  • redhat enterprise linux9.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • n/a SDL2

    • Affects SDL2 v2.0.4 and above, Fixed-in sdl-2.26.0, sdl-prerelease-2.25.1affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:10libsdl2before 2.0.9+dfsg1-1+deb10u12.0.9+dfsg1-1+deb10u1
Debian:11libsdl2before 2.0.14+dfsg2-3+deb11u22.0.14+dfsg2-3+deb11u2
Debian:12libsdl2before 2.26.0+dfsg-12.26.0+dfsg-1
openSUSE:Leap 15.4SDL2before 2.0.8-150200.11.9.12.0.8-150200.11.9.1
openSUSE:TumbleweedSDL2before 2.32.8-1.12.32.8-1.1
openSUSE:TumbleweedSDL2before 2.28.5-2.12.28.5-2.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4SDL2before 2.0.8-150200.11.9.12.0.8-150200.11.9.1
SUSE:Package Hub 12SDL2before 2.0.5-10.12.0.5-10.1

Same product

libsdl: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-14906A flaw was found with the RHSA-2019:3950 erratum, where it did not fix the CVE-2019-13616 SDL vulnerability.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2021-33657There is a heap overflow problem in video/SDL_pixels.c in SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) 2.x to 2.0.18 versions.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2019-7638SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 1.2.15 and 2.x through 2.0.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in Map1toN in video/SDL_pixels.c.
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-14409Jan 19, 2021 · SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has an Integer Overflow (and resultant SDL_memcpy heap corruption) in SDL_BlitCopy in video/SD
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-14410Jan 19, 2021 · SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) through 2.0.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read in Blit_3or4_to_3or4__inversed_rgb in video/SDL_blit_N.c via
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-34568Jul 28, 2022 · SDL v1.2 was discovered to contain a use-after-free via the XFree function at /src/video/x11/SDL_x11yuv.c.
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:libsdl22.26.0+dfsg-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:SDL22.0.8-150200.11.9.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.4Package registry (OSV)
suse:SDL22.0.8-150200.11.9.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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