CVE-2023-43789
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Description
A vulnerability was found in libXpm where a vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition, a local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2023-10-12 12:15:10.710000
Last modified
2026-11-07 12:17:35.960000
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