CVE-2023-43788

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.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242248	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43788	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V6FARGWN7VWXXWPXYNEEDJLRR3EWFZ3T/	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63IBRFLQVZSMOAZBZOBKFWJP26ILRAGQ/	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I3KFUQT42R7TB4D7RISNSBQFJGLTQGUL/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFAJTBNO3PAIA6EGZR4PN62H6RLKNDTE/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZECBCLDYUGLDSVV75ECPIBW7JXOB3747/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2023-10-10 13:15

Updated : 2023-12-22 20:55

NVD link : CVE-2023-43788

Mitre link : CVE-2023-43788

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

redhat

enterprise_linux

x.org

libxpm

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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