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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-43788: Security patch for libXpm (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 10, 2023
Added
Oct 23, 2023
Modified
May 20, 2026

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.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxpmamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxpm-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxpm-devel
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