CVE-2023-43787

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43787
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-43787.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-43787
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-10-10T12:26:08.102Z
Modified
2026-05-15T04:07:26.069831562Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Libx11: integer overflow in xcreateimage() leading to a heap overflow
Details

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an integer overflow within the XCreateImage() function. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-122"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/43xxx/CVE-2023-43787.json"
}
References

Affected packages