CVE-2022-27470

Exp

SDL_ttf v2.0.18 and below was discovered to contain an arbitrary memory write via the function TTF_RenderText_Solid(). This vulnerability is triggered via a crafted TTF file.

Published: 2022-05-04 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-27470 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.94%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-27470

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-27470

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.15% 0.94% +0.78%
2 2025-10-28 0.13% 0.15% +0.03%
3 2025-08-09 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-27470

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-27470

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-27470

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2022-27470: 1 source package rows (sdl2_ttf); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-27470
debian unimportant CVE-2022-27470 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libsdl2-ttf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27470
gentoo normal CVE-2022-27470: 1 GLSA(s) (202407-02), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/sdl2-ttf); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-27470
suse high CVE-2022-27470 severity important: SUSE including 3 source package names (libSDL2_ttf-2_0-0-2.20.0-1.1, libSDL2_ttf-2_0-0-2.24.0-160000.2.2, libSDL2_ttf-devel-2.20.0-1.1), 3 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 3. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27470/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-27470 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libsdl2-ttf), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27470

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-27470

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libsdl sdl_ttf <= 2.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:sdl_ttf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 34 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 36 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-27470

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