CVE-2023-43789 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-43789: Libxpm: out of bounds read on xpm with corrupted colormap

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-125
Published October 12, 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 where a vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition, a local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 12, 2023 CVE published
November 6, 2025 Record updated