CVE-2023-43786

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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.

References

Advisories

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242253

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2973

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2145

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-10-10

Updated: 2024-09-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H