CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-4883

8.8 HIGH Published 2023-02-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-02-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-426

Description

A flaw was found in libXpm. When processing files with .Z or .gz extensions, the library calls external programs to compress and uncompress files, relying on the PATH environment variable to find these programs, which could allow a malicious user to execute other programs by manipulating the PATH environment variable.

Affected configurations

• x.org libxpm (< 3.5.15)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness

References