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CVE-2022-4883

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Date: February 7, 2023

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (9)

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4883
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160213
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/515294bb8023a45ff91669
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4883
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4883
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-4883

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CWE-426

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CVSS v3.1

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

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