Vulnerability · Published Feb 6, 2023 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-44617
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity improper input validation in libXpm. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 30.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | libXpm | 3.5.12-9.el8_7 | ALSA-2023:0379 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libXpm | 3.5.13-8.el9_1 | ALSA-2023:0383 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libXpm-devel | 3.5.12-9.el8_7 | ALSA-2023:0379 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libXpm-devel | 3.5.13-8.el9_1 | ALSA-2023:0383 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | libxpm | 3.5.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | libxpm | 3.5.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | libxpm | 3.5.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | libxpm | 3.5.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | libxpm | 3.5.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Debian:12 | libxpm | 1:3.5.12-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Debian:13 | libxpm | 1:3.5.12-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Debian:14 | libxpm | 1:3.5.12-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | libXpm | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 | RLSA-2023:0379 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | libXpm | 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 | RLSA-2023:0383 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libxpm | 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 | USN-5807-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libxpm | 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | motif | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | motif | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | motif | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | motif | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44617 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | motif | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44617 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160193
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/f80fa6ae47ad4a5beacb28
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230620 [SECURITY] [DLA 3459-1] libxpm security update mailing-list