CVE-2023-43786
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.08%Published: 10/10/2023Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2023-43786
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 packages (2)
- Alpine/libx11from 0, < 1.8.7-r0
- Debian/libx11from 0, < 2:1.7.2-1+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |