Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libxpm package, versions [,3.5.17)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBXPM-10077568
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed4 Oct 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-43785  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libxpm to version 3.5.17 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in _XkbReadKeySyms(). An attacker can access memory locations that are out of bounds by manipulating the input parameters. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents of memory on the system.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1