Libxpm: out of bounds read in xpmcreatexpmimagefrombuffer()

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-43788
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-10 13:15:22 UTC
Updated2026-11-07 05:17:48 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.003800000 probability, percentile 0.322270000 (date 2026-11-08)

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1CNACVSS5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 39 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All
Application X.org Libxpm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 unaffected 0:3.5.12-11.el8 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 unaffected 0:2.3.4-20.el8 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 unaffected 0:3.5.13-10.el9 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 unaffected 0:2.3.4-28.el9 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not specified Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2974 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
cve-details af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
2242248 – (CVE-2023-43788) CVE-2023-43788 libXpm: out of bounds read in XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/messag... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/messag... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: libXpm-3.5.17-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2146 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00005.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2217 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: libXpm-3.5.17-1.fc39 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/messag... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2023-10-05T00:00:00.000ZReported to Red Hat.
CNA2023-10-04T00:00:00.000ZMade public.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199797 Ubuntu Security Notification for libXpm Vulnerabilities (USN-6408-1)
  • 199853 Ubuntu Security Notification for libXpm Vulnerabilities (USN-6408-2)
  • 284631 Fedora Security Update for libXpm (FEDORA-2023-591b7f5047)
  • 284793 Fedora Security Update for motif (FEDORA-2023-25329c196b)
  • 284796 Fedora Security Update for motif (FEDORA-2023-ba2e60e743)
  • 285125 Fedora Security Update for motif (FEDORA-2023-e1c7fae02e)
  • 285221 Fedora Security Update for libXpm (FEDORA-2023-c4cf6646b9)
  • 296108 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 66.164.1 Missing (CPUJAN2024)
  • 356444 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libXpm : ALAS2-2023-2295
  • 356515 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libXpm : ALAS2023-2023-381
  • 356785 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libXpm : ALAS-2023-1894
  • 356996 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libXpm : AL2012-2023-480
  • 505892 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxpm
  • 6000113 Debian Security Update for libxpm (DLA 3603-1)
  • 6000189 Debian Security Update for libxpm (DSA 5516-1)
  • 673475 EulerOS Security Update for libxpm (EulerOS-SA-2023-3312)
  • 673610 EulerOS Security Update for libxpm (EulerOS-SA-2024-1091)
  • 673631 EulerOS Security Update for libxpm (EulerOS-SA-2024-1282)
  • 673729 EulerOS Security Update for libxpm (EulerOS-SA-2023-3344)
  • 673776 EulerOS Security Update for libxpm (EulerOS-SA-2024-1067)
  • 673837 EulerOS Security Update for libxpm (EulerOS-SA-2023-3279)
  • 673922 EulerOS Security Update for libxpm (EulerOS-SA-2024-1151)
  • 674060 EulerOS Security Update for libxpm (EulerOS-SA-2023-3251)
  • 691326 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for x11/libxpm Multiple Vulnerabilities (199cdb4d-690d-11ee-9ed0-001fc69cd6dc)
  • 755027 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libXpm (SUSE-SU-2023:3965-1)
  • 755029 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libXpm (SUSE-SU-2023:3962-1)
  • 907574 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libXpm (31489-1)

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