Bug 2242254 (CVE-2023-43787) - CVE-2023-43787 libX11: integer overflow in XCreateImage() leading to a heap overflow
Summary: CVE-2023-43787 libX11: integer overflow in XCreateImage() leading to a heap o...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-43787
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2243046
Blocks: 2240180
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Reported: 2023-10-05 07:23 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2024-04-30 09:39 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: libX11 1.8.7
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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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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:2145 0 None None None 2024-04-30 09:39:36 UTC

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
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