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CVE-2022-44617

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Date: February 5, 2023

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (10)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-44617
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/f80fa6ae47ad4a5beacb28
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44617
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-44617
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-44617
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160193
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-44617

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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