Detections
Analytics

CVE-2023-43787

high

Description

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an integer overflow within the XCreateImage() function. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242254

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43787

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

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

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0006/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00005.html

https://jfrog.com/blog/xorg-libx11-vulns-cve-2023-43786-cve-2023-43787-part-two/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-10-10

Updated: 2025-11-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00061