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CVE-2023-43789

Published: 3 October 2023

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
alexmurray
motif contains a vendored copy of libxpm under lib/Xm/ with
files
prefixed by Xpm eg. the file src/parse.c in libxpm is
lib/Xm/Xpmparse.c

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libxpm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
focal
Released (1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.2)
jammy
Released (1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.2)
lunar
Released (1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu0.1)
mantic
Released (1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu1)
noble
Released (1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (3.5.17)
xenial
Released (1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
motif
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Needs triage

noble Needs triage

trusty Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N