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Status published
Medium
CVE-2023-43789
Libxpm: out of bounds read on xpm with corrupted colormap
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0:3.5.12-11.el8, 0:2.3.4-20.el8, 0:3.5.13-10.el9, 0:2.3.4-28.el9
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 12th, 2023
Last Modified:
November 6th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N