Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop Affecting libxpm package, versions <1:3.5.17-1ubuntu0.26.04.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2604-LIBXPM-20267325
  • published1 Oct 2026
  • disclosed28 Sept 2026

Introduced: 28 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-94287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1050  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:26.04 libxpm to version 1:3.5.17-1ubuntu0.26.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxpm package and not the libxpm package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:26.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1