CVE-2022-46285

Published: Feb 7, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: X.org: Libxpm

X.org

1 product

Libxpm

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
X.org Libxpm	Before 3.5.15

Related CWEs

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

References (14)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/10

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160092

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1