vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-4883): libXpm vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 17, 2023
Added
Jan 18, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

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.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libxpm4ubuntu-pro-upgrade-xpmutils
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