CVE-2026-94287

Denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path

Published Sep 28, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8862-1 libXpm vulnerability
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
suse
Published
Updated
Sep 28, 2026, 1:31 PM
Reserved
Sep 21, 2026, 9:33 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 28, 2026, 9:17 AM
Modified
Sep 29, 2026, 9:32 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 28, 2026, 8:57 AM