CVE-2023-43787

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libx11	24.10 oracular	Fixed 2:1.8.6-1ubuntu1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2:1.8.6-1ubuntu1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 2:1.8.6-1ubuntu1
	23.04 lunar	Fixed 2:1.8.4-2ubuntu0.3
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.3
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.6
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.4+esm2 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.2+esm4 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1+esm5 Ubuntu Pro
libxpm	24.10 oracular	Fixed 1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu1
	23.04 lunar	Fixed 1:3.5.12-1.1ubuntu0.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.2
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1:3.5.12-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm2 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2 Ubuntu Pro
motif	24.10 oracular	Needs evaluation
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

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Notes

mdeslaur

issue is in libx11, but libxpm was also fixed to avoid passing invalid data

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6407-1
libx11 vulnerabilities
3 October 2023

USN-6408-1
libXpm vulnerabilities
3 October 2023

USN-6407-2
libx11 vulnerabilities
10 October 2023

USN-6408-2
libXpm vulnerabilities
23 October 2023

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43787