Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2022-24902Memory issue in playing videos

Low 2.9

In plain English

A low-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in tkVideoPlayer from PaulleDemon. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.9Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

TkVideoplayer is a simple library to play video files in tkinter. Uncontrolled memory consumption in versions of TKVideoplayer prior to 2.0.0 can theoretically lead to performance degradation. There are no known workarounds. This issue has been patched and users are advised to upgrade to version 2.0.0 or later.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
PyPI	tkvideoplayer	2.0.0	GHSA-jmhj-vh4q-hhmq
PyPI	tkvideoplayer	2.0.0	PYSEC-2022-187

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
PaulleDemon	tkVideoPlayer	< 2.0.0

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

https://github.com/PaulleDemon/tkVideoPlayer/security/advisories/GHSA-jmhj-vh4q-hhmq x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/PaulleDemon/tkVideoPlayer/issues/3 x_refsource_MISC