7.5
HIGH
CVE-2022-46285
LibXpm Infinite Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 7, 2023, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-46285 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-46285 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 X.org libxpm

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

HTML

Updated: 11 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 8, 2024, 4:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.

A centralized repository of standalone security patches for open source libraries.

appsec backport cve devsecops fix hotfix open-source patch protection remediation seal security update upgrade vulnerability

Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
182 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2023, 4:46 p.m. This repo has been linked 265 different CVEs too.

None

HTML

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 21, 2023, 12:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.

HN Security's advisories.

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
21 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Feb. 21, 2022, 1:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 35 different CVEs too.

A collection of my public security advisories.

vulnerability advisory cve

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
23 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Sept. 25, 2019, 8:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 45 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-46285 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-46285 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/10
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160092
    Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/a3a7c6dcc3b629d7650148
    Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html
    Added Reference https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/10 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 20, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/a3a7c6dcc3b629d7650148 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160092 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160092 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libxpm_project:libxpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.5.15
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

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