7.5
HIGH
CVE-2022-4743
SDL GLES Create Texture Memory Leak Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 12, 2023, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:35 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-4743 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Libsdl simple_directmedia_layer

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-4743 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290
    Added Reference https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4b
    Added Reference https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-18
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-18 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 23, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4b No Types Assigned https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4b Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269 No Types Assigned https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-401
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.4 up to (excluding) 2.26.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.31 }} 0.02%

score

0.69699

percentile

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