CVE-2023-43785

A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to a boundary condition within the _XkbReadKeySyms() function. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents of memory on the system.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2145
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43785	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242252	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0006/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

30 Apr 2024, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-10 13:15

Updated : 2024-04-30 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-43785

Mitre link : CVE-2023-43785

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-43785

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

fedoraproject

fedora

x.org

libx11

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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