CVE-2023-43786

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43786
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-43786.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-43786
Downstream
ALPINE (1)
AZL (1)
BELL (1)
CLSA (1)
DEBIAN (1)
JLSEC (1)
MGASA (1)
OESA (1)
openSUSE (1)
RHSA (2)
RLSA (2)
SUSE (3)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
ALSA (2)
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (3)
Published
2023-10-10T12:26:07Z
Modified
2026-10-22T10:34:40Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Libx11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in putsubimage()
Details

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an infinite loop within the PutSubImage() function. This flaw allows a local user to consume all available system resources and cause a denial of service condition.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-400"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/43xxx/CVE-2023-43786.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:1.6.8-8.el8"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "0:1.7.0-9.el9"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "InverseAffectedRanges"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
a154f12b6e56f131bd5880fc96f11615ff940b29
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "3.5.17"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StandardRange"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
MODULAR_COPY
XACE-SELINUX-MERGE
XORG-6_7_99_1
XORG-6_7_99_2
XORG-6_7_99_901
XORG-6_7_99_902
XORG-6_7_99_903
XORG-6_7_99_904
XORG-6_8_0
XORG-6_8_99_1
XORG-6_8_99_10
XORG-6_8_99_11
XORG-6_8_99_12
XORG-6_8_99_13
XORG-6_8_99_14
XORG-6_8_99_15
XORG-6_8_99_16
XORG-6_8_99_2
XORG-6_8_99_3
XORG-6_8_99_4
XORG-6_8_99_5
XORG-6_8_99_6
XORG-6_8_99_7
XORG-6_8_99_8
XORG-6_8_99_9
XORG-6_8_99_900
XORG-6_8_99_901
XORG-6_8_99_902
XORG-6_8_99_903
XORG-6_99_99_900
XORG-6_99_99_901
XORG-6_99_99_902
XORG-6_99_99_903
XORG-6_99_99_904
XORG-7_0
XORG-7_0_99_901
XORG-7_1
lg3d-base
lg3d-rel-0-7-0
libXpm-3_5_5
rel-0-6-1
sco_port_update-base
xf86-012804-2330
xf86-4_3_0_1
xf86-4_3_99_16
xf86-4_3_99_901
xf86-4_3_99_902
xf86-4_3_99_903
xf86-4_3_99_903_special
xf86-4_4_0
xf86-4_4_99_1
libXpm-3.*
libXpm-3.5.10
libXpm-3.5.11
libXpm-3.5.12
libXpm-3.5.13
libXpm-3.5.14
libXpm-3.5.15
libXpm-3.5.16
libXpm-3.5.6
libXpm-3.5.7
libXpm-3.5.8
libXpm-3.5.9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-43786.json"