# CVE-2022-44617: A flaw was found in libXpm.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-02-06 · Updated: 2025-03-25

## Affected

- n/a libXpm: 3.5.15

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a libXpm, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## 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
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html

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