CVE-2022-44617: X.org Libxpm

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• X.org Libxpm: before 3.5.15 (fixed in 3.5.15)

Published 2023-02-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.