CVE-2022-4883

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4883
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-4883.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-4883
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-02-07T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-08-05T03:32:02.054840323Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-426"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/4xxx/CVE-2022-4883.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "3.5.15"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "3.5.15"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
515294bb8023a45ff91669
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-4883.json"