Description
A denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path in libXpm before 3.5.19 could be used by local attackers to cause unbounded CPU usage and memory exhaustion.
Published: 2026-09-28
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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Description A denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path in libXpm before 3.5.19 could be used by local attackers to cause unbounded CPU usage and memory exhaustion.
Title Denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path
First Time appeared X.org
X.org libxpm
Weaknesses CWE-1050
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org
X.org libxpm
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-28T08:57:24.943Z

Reserved: 2026-09-21T09:33:25.369Z

Link: CVE-2026-94287

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-28T09:17:08.577

Modified: 2026-09-28T09:17:08.577

Link: CVE-2026-94287

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-1050

    Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop