5.5

CVE-2026-94287: x.org libxpm

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAwaiting analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-94287USN-8862-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-94287
Published 28-09-2026Last modified 28-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-94287 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in x.org libxpm. EPSS estimates a 0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.10%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2026:47072

Timeline

  1. 28-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

1%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

28-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opensuse2 products
  • libXpm&distro=openSUSE Leap 16.0< 3.5.17-160000.4.1
  • libXpm&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 3.5.18-3.1
Ubuntu2 products
  • libxpmAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.4 | < 1:3.5.17-1ubuntu0.24.04.2 | < 1:3.5.17-1ubuntu0.26.04.2
  • motifAll versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine1 product
  • libxpm< 3.5.20-r0
Debian1 product
  • libxpmAll versions (No fix recorded)
Mageia1 product
  • libxpm< 3.5.19-1.1.mga10
X.org1 product

6 vendors · 8 products

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