CVE-2023-43786

Published: Oct 10, 2023

Modified: Nov 6, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an infinite loop within the PutSubImage() function. This flaw allows a local user to consume all available system resources and cause a denial of service condition.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	libXpm	affected `0 - < 3.5.17`
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	unaffected `0:1.6.8-8.el8 - < *`
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	unaffected `0:1.7.0-9.el9 - < *`
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

RHSA-2024:2145

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

RHSA-2024:2973

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43786

vdb-entry

x_refsource_REDHAT

RHBZ#2242253

issue-tracking

x_refsource_REDHAT

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CVE-2023-43786

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References