CVE-2022-46285

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-835: CWE-835

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional 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

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: partial

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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