CVE-2023-43788
Published: Oct 10, 2023
Modified: Nov 6, 2025
CVSS v3.1
5.5
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Unknown | libXpm | affected 0 - < 3.5.17 |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:3.5.12-11.el8 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:2.3.4-20.el8 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:3.5.13-10.el9 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:2.3.4-28.el9 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | All versions |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
References
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