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CVE-2023-43788
October 10, 2023
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.
Affected Packages
libxpm (CONAN):
Affected version(s) =3.5.13 <3.5.17
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.5.17
Related Resources (15)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63IBRFLQVZSMOAZBZOBKFWJP26ILRAGQ/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2146
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFAJTBNO3PAIA6EGZR4PN62H6RLKNDTE/
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/2fa554b01ef6079a9b35df9332bdc4f139ed67e0
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZECBCLDYUGLDSVV75ECPIBW7JXOB3747/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2974
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-43788
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00005.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V6FARGWN7VWXXWPXYNEEDJLRR3EWFZ3T/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I3KFUQT42R7TB4D7RISNSBQFJGLTQGUL/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3022
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2217
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242248
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43788
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-43788
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-125
EPSS
Base Score:
0.02