Bug 2542986 - CVE-2026-94287 libXpm: libXpm: Denial of Service via unsigned integer underflow [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-94287 libXpm: libXpm: Denial of Service via unsigned integer underfl...
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: libXpm
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
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Assignee: José Expósito
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["3caa8eba-0f49-4b05-9780-4...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-94287
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Reported: 2026-09-29 07:16 UTC by Vladimir Vasilev
Modified: 2026-09-29 07:16 UTC (History)
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Description Vladimir Vasilev 2026-09-29 07:16:03 UTC 
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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.
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