Memory Leak Affecting libSDL2-devel package, versions <2.0.8-150200.11.9.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-LIBSDL2DEVEL-3228668
  • published12 Jan 2023
  • disclosed11 Jan 2023

Introduced: 11 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-4743  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libSDL2-devel to version 2.0.8-150200.11.9.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libSDL2-devel package and not the libSDL2-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1