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

2023-10-1012:26:08

CWE-125

redhat

www.cve.org

libxpm

boundary condition

vulnerability

out-of-bounds read

memory

local attacker

xpmcreatexpmimagefrombuffer

cve-2023-43788

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "libXpm",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0:3.5.12-11.el8",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm",
        "status": "unaffected"
      }
    ],
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "motif",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0:2.3.4-20.el8",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm",
        "status": "unaffected"
      }
    ],
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "libXpm",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "versions": [
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        "version": "0:3.5.13-10.el9",
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    "cpes": [
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    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
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    "packageName": "motif",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
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        "version": "0:2.3.4-28.el9",
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        "status": "unaffected"
      }
    ],
    "cpes": [
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    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "libXpm",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "libXpm",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "motif",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ]
  }
]