A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to a boundary condition within the _XkbReadKeySyms() function. This flaw allows a local user to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents of memory on the system.
References
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2145 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2973 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43785 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242252 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2145 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2973 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43785 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242252 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00004.html | |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0006/ |
Configurations
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| References | () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43785 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242252 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
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| CWE | CWE-125 | |
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X.org libx11
Redhat Redhat enterprise Linux Fedoraproject Fedoraproject fedora X.org |
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| References | (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43785 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242252 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Information
Published : 2023-10-10 13:15
Updated : 2025-11-04 20:17
NVD link : CVE-2023-43785
Mitre link : CVE-2023-43785
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-43785
JSON object : View
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux
fedoraproject
- fedora
x.org
- libx11
