PT-2022-6170
CVE-2022-4743
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Published
2022-09-21
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Updated
2026-08-20
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.8
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
SDL2 versions 2.0.4 and above
Description
A potential memory leak issue was discovered in the
GLES CreateTexture() function in SDL render gles.c. This issue allows an attacker to cause a denial of service attack by exploiting the memory leak. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely.Recommendations
For SDL2 versions 2.0.4 and above, consider disabling the
GLES CreateTexture() function as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.Exploitability
Exploit
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