Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libxpm package, versions <1:3.5.12-1+deb10u1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.09% (39th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBXPM-3232731
- published 18 Jan 2023
- disclosed 6 Feb 2023
Introduced: 18 Jan 2023
CVE-2022-44617 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
libxpm
to version 1:3.5.12-1+deb10u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxpm
package and not the libxpm
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-44617
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160193
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/f80fa6ae47ad4a5beacb28
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html