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    CVE-2023-43789

    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.

    Published:Oct 4, 2023
    Last Modified:Nov 6, 2025
    EPS:Oct 12, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00035
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Libxpm Project
    Product
    Libxpm
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    References

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2146
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2217
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2974
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3022
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43789
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242249
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2146
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2217
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2974
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3022
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43789
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242249
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00005.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/63IBRFLQVZSMOAZBZOBKFWJP26ILRAGQ/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/I3KFUQT42R7TB4D7RISNSBQFJGLTQGUL/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TFAJTBNO3PAIA6EGZR4PN62H6RLKNDTE/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZECBCLDYUGLDSVV75ECPIBW7JXOB3747/

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