CVE-2023-43788 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-43788: Libxpm: out of bounds read in xpmcreatexpmimagefrombuffer()

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-125
Published October 10, 2023
Last update November 6, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 10, 2023 CVE published
November 6, 2025 Record updated