UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43788

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43788

    Published: 3 Oct 2023Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-43788

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-43788, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6408-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6408-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43788

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxpm

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxpm?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2

    Affected versions

    1:3.5.10-1
    1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1
    1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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