CVE-2023-43786: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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.
CVE-2023-43786: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2023-09-22T09:52:31.108Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 690a5556a730e5a3d9d7a9b6
Added to database: 11/4/2025, 7:34:46 PM
Last updated: 11/4/2025, 7:42:57 PM
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