What is CVE-2022-24902?

CVE-2022-24902 is a low-severity vulnerability in Paulledemon Tkvideoplayer, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2022-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-24902?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Paulledemon Tkvideoplayer

CVE-2022-24902

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2022-05-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Paulledemon Tkvideoplayer — versions < 2.0.0
Python Tkvideoplayer

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

github.com/PaulleDemon/tkVideoPlayer/security/advisories/GHSA-jmhj-vh4q-hhmq (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/PaulleDemon/tkVideoPlayer/issues/3 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24902?: CVE-2022-24902 is a low-severity vulnerability in Paulledemon Tkvideoplayer, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2022-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-24902?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.