CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-44617

7.5 HIGH Published 2023-02-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-02-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-835

Description

A flaw was found in libXpm. When processing a file with width of 0 and a very large height, some parser functions will be called repeatedly and can lead to an infinite loop, resulting in a Denial of Service in the application linked to the library.

Affected configurations

• x.org libxpm (< 3.5.15)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References