CVE-2023-43786CWE-400

Libx11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in putsubimage()

Medium · published October 10, 2023

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00475 · 40.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2023-10-10T12:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 OCT 12:26Z
    Libx11: stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in putsubimage()
    cvelistv5