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CVE-2022-46285

libXpm: Infinite loop on unclosed comments

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 17, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')