| Name | CVE-2023-43788 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3603-1, DSA-5516-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxpm (PTS) | buster | 1:3.5.12-1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 1:3.5.12-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:3.5.12-1.1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:3.5.12-1.1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:3.5.17-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/1
Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/2fa554b01ef6079a9b35df9332bdc4f139ed67e0