High severity · published Feb 7, 2023
CVE-2022-46285
A flaw was found in libXpm
7.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libxpm · X.org
before 3.5.15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46285
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46285
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/10
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160092
gitlab.freedesktop.org
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/a3a7c6dcc3b629d7650148
gitlab.freedesktop.org
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html
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