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.

The version of SDL2 installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-4743 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2022-4743)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4382 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4382-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                    Thorsten Alteholz     November 25, 2025                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : libsdl2     Version        : 2.0.14+dfsg2-3+deb11u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2022-4743


    A security vulnerability has been discovered in SDL2, the Simple     DirectMedia Layer library. This issue is related to memory leak, which     might result in a denial of service.



    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     2.0.14+dfsg2-3+deb11u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your libsdl2 packages.

    For the detailed security status of libsdl2 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libsdl2

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2022-4743)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of SDL2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.0.10-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2162 advisory.

    A memory leak issue was discovered in SDL2 version >= SDL2-2.0.8. (CVE-2022-4743)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202305-18 (libsdl2: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - There is a heap overflow problem in video/SDL_pixels.c in SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) 2.x to 2.0.18     versions. By crafting a malicious .BMP file, an attacker can cause the application using this library to     crash, denial of service or Code execution. (CVE-2021-33657)

  - 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. (CVE-2022-4743)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3314 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3314-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                      Markus Koschany     February 09, 2023                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : libsdl2     Version        : 2.0.9+dfsg1-1+deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2019-7572 CVE-2019-7573 CVE-2019-7574 CVE-2019-7575                      CVE-2019-7576 CVE-2019-7577 CVE-2019-7578 CVE-2019-7635                      CVE-2019-7636 CVE-2019-7638 CVE-2019-13616 CVE-2019-13626                      CVE-2020-14409 CVE-2020-14410 CVE-2021-33657 CVE-2022-4743     Debian Bug     : 924610 1014577

    Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in SDL2, the Simple     DirectMedia Layer library. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to     cause a denial of service or result in the execution of arbitrary code if     malformed images or sound files are processed.

    For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version     2.0.9+dfsg1-1+deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your libsdl2 packages.

    For the detailed security status of libsdl2 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libsdl2

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0069-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-4743: Fixed a potential memory leak when creating a texture       for an OpenGL ES image (bsc#1206727).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
296094	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: SDL2 (CVE-2022-4743)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
276886	Debian dla-4382 : libsdl2-2.0-0 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
225073	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-4743	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
178822	Amazon Linux 2 : SDL2 (ALAS-2023-2162)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
178626	Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jul2023_SRU11_4_58_144_3	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	Local	critical
175053	GLSA-202305-18 : libsdl2: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	high
171377	Debian dla-3314 : libsdl2-2.0-0 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
169928	SUSE SLED15: libSDL2-2_0-0 / libSDL2-2_0-0-32bit / libSDL2-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0069-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high

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