High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 7, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-4883
CVE-2022-4883
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.
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Affected products
34- osv-coords31 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/libXpmpkg:rpm/almalinux/libXpm-develpkg:rpm/opensuse/libXpm&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/libXpm&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 3.5.12-9.el8_7+ 30 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-9.el8_7
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-9.el8_7
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.11-6.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.11-6.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.11-6.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.11-6.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.11-6.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.11-6.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.11-6.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.11-6.7.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/515294bb8023a45ff91669nvd
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00021.htmlnvd
- lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.htmlnvd
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