Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2023· Updated Nov 6, 2025
Libx11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in putsubimage()
CVE-2023-43786
Description
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.
Affected products
18- osv-coords17 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/libX11pkg:rpm/almalinux/libX11-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/libX11-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/libX11-xcbpkg:rpm/opensuse/libX11&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/libX11&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/libX11&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2
< 1.7.0-9.el9+ 16 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.0-9.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.0-9.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.0-9.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.0-9.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-150000.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-150000.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-150000.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-150000.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-150000.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-150000.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-150000.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-150000.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.2-12.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.2-12.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.2-12.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-150000.3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.5-150000.3.33.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
4- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2145mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2973mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43786mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitreissue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
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