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CVE-2022-46285 json

A flaw was found in libXpm.

published 2023-02-07 3 y ago modified 2026-07-18 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-49103 , JLSEC-2026-284

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

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-2022-46285

  • 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 14.04 LTS 1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • libxpm Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-46285

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 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-2022-46285

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libXpm CBL-Mariner 2.0 3.5.17-1

azure linux advisories AZL-13249

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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-2022-46285 updated cvss 7.5

libXpm: Infinite loop on unclosed comments

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libXpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libXpm
    affected: 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

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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