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CVE-2022-46285

Published: 17 January 2023

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
alexmurray
motif contains a vendored copy of libxpm under lib/Xm/ with files
prefixed by Xpm eg. the file src/parse.c in libxpm is
lib/Xm/Xpmparse.c

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libxpm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
xenial
Released (1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
trusty
Released (1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (3.5.15)
bionic
Released (1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2)
focal
Released (1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.1)
jammy
Released (1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.1)
kinetic
Released (1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.10.1)
lunar
Released (1:3.5.12-1ubuntu1)
motif
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Needs triage

bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

lunar Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H