CVE-2023-43785CWE-787

Libx11: out-of-bounds memory access in _xkbreadkeysyms()

Medium · published October 10, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00669 · 51.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2023-10-10T12:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 OCT 12:26Z
    Libx11: out-of-bounds memory access in _xkbreadkeysyms()
    cvelistv5