CVE-2023-43787

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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
2026-07-11T03:54:21.059835271Z
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 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-122"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/43xxx/CVE-2023-43787.json",
    "cna_assigner": "redhat"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
c745719e23af44a4b40ab4508447637b35d91a1e
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.8.7"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
MODULAR_COPY
XACE-SELINUX-MERGE
XORG-6_7_99_1
XORG-6_7_99_2
XORG-6_7_99_902
XORG-6_7_99_903
XORG-6_8_1
XORG-6_8_99_10
XORG-6_8_99_13
XORG-6_8_99_14
XORG-6_8_99_15
XORG-6_8_99_6
XORG-6_8_99_7
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-MAIN
libX11-1.*
libX11-1.1.2
libX11-1.1.3
libX11-1.1.4
libX11-1.1.99.2
libX11-1.2
libX11-1.2.1
libX11-1.2.2
libX11-1.2.99.901
libX11-1.3
libX11-1.3.1
libX11-1.3.2
libX11-1.3.3
libX11-1.3.4
libX11-1.3.99.901
libX11-1.3.99.902
libX11-1.3.99.903
libX11-1.4.0
libX11-1.4.1
libX11-1.4.2
libX11-1.4.3
libX11-1.4.4
libX11-1.4.99.1
libX11-1.4.99.901
libX11-1.4.99.902
libX11-1.5.0
libX11-1.5.99.901
libX11-1.5.99.902
libX11-1.6.0
libX11-1.6.1
libX11-1.6.10
libX11-1.6.11
libX11-1.6.12
libX11-1.6.2
libX11-1.6.3
libX11-1.6.4
libX11-1.6.5
libX11-1.6.6
libX11-1.6.7
libX11-1.6.8
libX11-1.6.9
libX11-1.7.0
libX11-1.7.1
libX11-1.7.2
libX11-1.7.3
libX11-1.7.3.1
libX11-1.7.4
libX11-1.7.5
libX11-1.8
libX11-1.8.1
libX11-1.8.2
libX11-1.8.3
libX11-1.8.4
libX11-1.8.5
libX11-1.8.6

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-43787.json"