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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-46285 · published 7 February 2023

CVE-2022-46285: X.org libxpm vulnerability

XX.Org · Libxpm

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.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 1.3% · top 31.3% CWE-835 · CWE-835
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by 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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160092 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/a3a7c6dcc3b629d7650148
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160092 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/a3a7c6dcc3b629d7650148
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-46285), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.