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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | SDL2 | Affects SDL2 v2.0.4 and above, Fixed-in sdl-2.26.0, sdl-prerelease-2.25.1 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4743Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269Patch, Third Party Advisory
- 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-2022-4743Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2156290Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/00b67f55727bc0944c3266e2b875440da132ce4bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/6269Patch, Third Party Advisory
- 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
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 12, 2023
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified