Description
Multiple integer overflows in libXpm before 3.5.12, when a program requests parsing XPM extensions on a 64-bit platform, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the number of extensions or (2) their concatenated length in a crafted XPM file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published: 2017-02-01
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 3.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-801-1 libxpm security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3772-1 libxpm security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-1352 Multiple integer overflows in libXpm before 3.5.12, when a program requests parsing XPM extensions on a 64-bit platform, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the number of extensions or (2) their concatenated length in a crafted XPM file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3185-1 libXpm vulnerability
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02065}

epss

{'score': 0.04767}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux
X.org Libxpm
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.574Z

Reserved: 2017-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10164

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-01T15:59:00.130

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-10164

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-12-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10164 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses