CVE-2023-43788

medium

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.

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242248

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43788

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3022

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2974

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2217

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2146

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZECBCLDYUGLDSVV75ECPIBW7JXOB3747/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/V6FARGWN7VWXXWPXYNEEDJLRR3EWFZ3T/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TFAJTBNO3PAIA6EGZR4PN62H6RLKNDTE/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I3KFUQT42R7TB4D7RISNSBQFJGLTQGUL/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/63IBRFLQVZSMOAZBZOBKFWJP26ILRAGQ/

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

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-48165

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-10-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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