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CVE-2022-4883
A flaw was found in libXpm. When processing files with .Z or .gz extensions, the library calls external programs to compress and…
High8.8EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
libXpm
- affected 3.5.15
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160213 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/515294bb8023a45ff91669 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230620 [SECURITY] [DLA 3459-1] libxpm security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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