Denial of service in Simple DirectMedia Layer
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-34568 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-416 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Simple DirectMedia Layer Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software |
| Vendor | zlib license |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free
EUVDB-ID: #VU66820
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34568
CWE-ID:
CWE-416 - Use After Free
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the XFree() function in video/x11/SDL_x11yuv.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the library, trigger a use-after-free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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Vulnerable software versionsSimple DirectMedia Layer: 1.2.0 - 1.2.15
External linkshttp://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL-1.2/issues/863
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
