Libxpm: libxpm: denial of service via out-of-bounds read in xpm file parsing (Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 2 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
A flaw was found in libXpm. A local user with low privileges could exploit an Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability in the `xpmNextWord()` function by processing a specially crafted or very small XPM (X PixMap) image file. This improper validation of file boundaries can cause an internal pointer to read beyond the file's end, leading to application crashes and Denial of Service conditions.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30354
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47072
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4367
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2448984
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/5448e1bd
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q2/192
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/21/3
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-37136
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-4367
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat · Red Hat Hardened Images | unaffected 3.5.17-7.2.hum1 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Hardened Images | unaffected 3.5.19-4.hum1 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |