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high 8.8

CVE-2022-4883 json

A flaw was found in libXpm.

published 2023-02-07 3 y ago modified 2026-07-18 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-52143 , JLSEC-2026-285

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • julia Xorg_libXpm_jll 3.5.17+0
  • x.org libxpm 3.5.15
  • libxpm Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:3.5.12-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4883

  • libxpm Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
  • libxpm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • libxpm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • libxpm Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4883

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libXpm RHEL 9 3.5.13-8.el9_1
  • libXpm RHEL 8 3.5.12-9.el8_7
  • libXpm RHEL 7 3.5.12-2.el7_9
  • libXpm RHEL 9.0 EUS 3.5.13-8.el9_0
  • libXpm RHEL 8.2 TUS, RHEL 8.2 E4S, RHEL 8.2 AUS 3.5.12-9.el8_2
  • libXpm RHEL 8.6 EUS 3.5.12-9.el8_6
  • libXpm RHEL 8.1 E4S 3.5.12-9.el8_1
  • libXpm RHEL 8.4 EUS 3.5.12-9.el8_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:0381RHSA-2023:0380RHSA-2023:0378RHSA-2023:0383RHSA-2023:0384RHSA-2023:0382

  • libXpm SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1 +18 more 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
  • libXpm SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +5 more 3.5.11-6.7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0171-1SUSE-SU-2023:0165-1

  • libXpm AlmaLinux 8 3.5.12-9.el8_7
  • libXpm AlmaLinux 9 3.5.13-8.el9_1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:0379ALSA-2023:0383

  • libXpm Rocky Linux 9 3.5.13-8.el9_1
  • libXpm Rocky Linux 8 3.5.12-9.el8_7

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:0383RLSA-2023:0379

  • libxpm Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +8 more 3.5.15-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-4883

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  • libXpm CBL-Mariner 2.0 3.5.17-1

azure linux advisories AZL-13248

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-4883 updated cvss 8.1

libXpm: compression commands depend on $PATH

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libXpm
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libXpm 3.5.12-9.el8_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0379
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libXpm 3.5.13-8.el9_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0383
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) libXpm 3.5.12-9.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0380
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) libXpm 3.5.12-9.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0384
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) libXpm 3.5.12-9.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0380
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) libXpm 3.5.12-9.el8_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0382
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) libXpm 3.5.12-9.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0378
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) libXpm 3.5.13-8.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0381
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) libXpm 3.5.12-9.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0380
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libXpm 3.5.12-2.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libXpm-devel 3.5.12-2.el7_9, libXpm-debuginfo 3.5.12-2.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libXpm-devel 3.5.12-2.el7_9, libXpm-debuginfo 3.5.12-2.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libXpm 3.5.12-2.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libXpm 3.5.12-2.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0377

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Xorg_libXpm_jll
<3.5.17+0
3.5.17+0

Affected products

  • n/a libXpm

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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