CVE-2022-34568

Exp

SDL v1.2 was discovered to contain a use-after-free via the XFree function at /src/video/x11/SDL_x11yuv.c.

Published: 2022-07-28 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-34568 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.95%). 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-2022-34568

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-34568

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 0.32% 0.95% +0.63%
2 2026-05-05 0.37% 0.32% -0.05%
3 2026-05-04 — 0.37% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-34568

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-34568

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-34568

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-34568 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libsdl1.2), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): open 1, resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-34568
gentoo normal CVE-2022-34568: 1 GLSA(s) (202305-17), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/libsdl); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-34568
suse low CVE-2022-34568 severity low: SUSE including 10 source package names (SDL, SDL-1.2.13-106.24.1, …), 138 product×package rows across 35 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (35 product lines)): Known Not Affected 136, Fixed 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-34568/
ubuntu low CVE-2022-34568 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libsdl1.2, libsdl2), 26 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 12, DNE 5, needed 3, needs-triage 3, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-34568

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-34568

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libsdl simple_directmedia_layer >= 1.2.1, <= 1.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:simple_directmedia_layer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-34568

URL Tags
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL-1.2/issues/863 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-17
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