CVE-2023-43788
libXpm: out of bounds read in XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer()
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 4, 2023
Updated · November 21, 2025
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read