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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.5 Medium

CVE-2023-43786

Libx11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in putsubimage()

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

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

libXpm

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 3.5.17affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

  • 0:1.6.8-8.el8 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

  • 0:1.7.0-9.el9 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Default version status: unknown

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: unknown

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