Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libxpm package, versions <3.5.17-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE324-LIBXPM-17297108
  • published11 Jun 2026
  • disclosed10 Oct 2023

Introduced: 10 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-43788  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.24 libxpm to version 3.5.17-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxpm package and not the libxpm package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.24 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1