| Name | CVE-2022-44617 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3459-1, ELA-875-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxpm (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:3.5.12-0+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:3.5.12-1+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:3.5.12-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:3.5.12-1.1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1:3.5.12-1.1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:3.5.17-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/17/2
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/f80fa6ae47ad4a5beacb287c0030c9913b046643 (libXpm-3.5.15)
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/c5ab17bcc34914c0b0707d2135dbebe9a367c5f0 (libXpm-3.5.15)