Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libxpm package, versions <1:3.5.12-1.1+deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBXPM-5927156
  • published4 Oct 2023
  • disclosed12 Oct 2023

Introduced: 4 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-43789  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libxpm to version 1:3.5.12-1.1+deb11u1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1