CVE-2022-4883
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
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.
How to fix CVE-2022-4883
To remediate CVE-2022-4883, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libxpm—upgrade to 3.5.15-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1:3.5.12-1.1~deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2022-4883 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.5.15-r0
- from 0, < 1:3.5.12-1.1~deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |