# CVE-2022-46285: 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: 2023-02-07 · Updated: 2025-03-25

## Affected

- n/a libXpm: 3.5.15

## Description

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.

## 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=2160092
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/a3a7c6dcc3b629d7650148
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/10

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