CVE-2023-43788

MEDIUM

libXpm - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability was found in libXpm due to a boundary condition within the XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer() function. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents of memory on the system.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2146
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2217
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2974
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3022
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43788
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242248

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (6)
fedoraproject/fedora 37
fedoraproject/fedora 38
fedoraproject/fedora 39
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 9.0
x.org/libxpm < 3.5.17
Published Oct 10, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026