Bug 2242254 (CVE-2023-43787)

Summary:	CVE-2023-43787 libX11: integer overflow in XCreateImage() leading to a heap overflow
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	mvanderw
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	libX11 1.8.7	Doc Type:	---
Doc Text:	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.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2243046
Bug Blocks:	2240180

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-10-05 07:23:09 UTC

A vulnerability was found in libX11 where the vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the XCreateImage() function, a local user can trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2023-10-10 12:03:23 UTC

Created libX11 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2243046]

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 09:39:35 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2145 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2145