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

What is CVE-2023-43788?

CVE-2023-43788 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 10 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-43788?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Redhat Enterprise Linux, X.org Libxpm.

How do I fix CVE-2023-43788?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-43788 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43788 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2023-43788, AZL-31489, BELL-CVE-2023-43788, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43788, GHSA-vg9m-f99j-3qwm, JLSEC-2026-286 and 2 more.