vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-43788: Medium priority package update for libXpm
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Oct 4, 2023 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 4, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 4, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 4, 2025
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-2023-upgrade-libxpmamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxpm-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxpm-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxpm-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxpm-devel-debuginfo
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