CVE-2023-38252

Name
CVE-2023-38252
Description
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function in Str.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/270
MISC https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38252
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222775
secalert@redhat.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/
secalert@redhat.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/
secalert@redhat.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m:0.5.3\+git20230121:*:*:*:*:*:*:* w3m == None == 0.5.3\+git20230121

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
w3m 3.18-community 0.5.3.20230718-r0 ScrumpyJack <scrumpyjack@st.ilet.to> fixed