CVE-2023-43786

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    CVE-2023-43786

    Published: 10 Oct 2023Last Modified: 23 Sept 2026

    Summary: Libx11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in putsubimage()

    Details: A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an infinite loop within the PutSubImage() function. This flaw allows a local user to consume all available system resources and cause a denial of service condition.

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/9, https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00005.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/63IBRFLQVZSMOAZBZOBKFWJP26ILRAGQ/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2145, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2973, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43786, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/43xxx/CVE-2023-43786.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43786, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0006/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242253, https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -c745719e23af44a4b40ab4508447637b35d91a1e

    Affected versions

    libX11-1.8.6
    libX11-1.8.5
    libX11-1.8.4
    libX11-1.8.3
    libX11-1.8.2
    libX11-1.8.1
    libX11-1.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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