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Permalink CVE-2023-43786
5.5 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): REQUIRED
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): NONE
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): HIGH
updated 3 months ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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    • xorg.libX11
    • tests.pkg-config.defaultPkgConfigPackages.x11
    • xorg.libXpm
    • tests.pkg-config.defaultPkgConfigPackages.xpm
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Libx11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in putsubimage()

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.

References

Affected products

libX11
  • ==1.8.7
  • *
libXpm
  • <3.5.17
No impacted packages