CVE-2023-43788

2023-10-0300:00:00

ubuntu.com

libxpm

boundary condition

xpmcreatexpmimagefrombuffer

local attacker

out-of-bounds read error

memory access

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5.1 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.

Notes

Author	Note
alexmurray	motif contains a vendored copy of libxpm under lib/Xm/ with files prefixed by Xpm eg. the file src/parse.c in libxpm is lib/Xm/Xpmparse.c

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchlibxpm< 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlibxpm< 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlibxpm< 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.04noarchlibxpm< 1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchlibxpm< 1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchlibxpm< 1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlibxpm< 1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchlibxpm< 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm2UNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchmotif< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchmotif< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	libxpm	< 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	libxpm	< 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	libxpm	< 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.04	noarch	libxpm	< 1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	libxpm	< 1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	libxpm	< 1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	libxpm	< 1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	libxpm	< 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	motif	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	motif	< any	UNKNOWN