CVE-2022-46285

HIGH

libXpm - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A flaw was found in libXpm. This issue occurs when parsing a file with a comment not closed; the end-of-file condition will not be detected, leading to an infinite loop and resulting in a Denial of Service in the application linked to the library.

References (7)

[Various Sources] https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/10

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160092

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html

[Patch] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/a3a7c6dcc3b629d7650148

[Issue Tracking] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 26.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-835

Status published

Affected Products (1)

x.org/libxpm < 3.5.15

Timeline

Published Feb 07, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026