High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-43787
CVE-2023-43787
Description
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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Affected products
19- 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
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References
8- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43787nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/9nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2145nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2973nvd
- jfrog.com/blog/xorg-libx11-vulns-cve-2023-43786-cve-2023-43787-part-two/nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00005.htmlnvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0006/nvd
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