Description
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str function in indep.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory issue-tracking
x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222779
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
6.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (4)
fedoraproject/extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux
8.0
fedoraproject/fedora
38
redhat/enterprise_linux
6.0
tats/w3m
0.5.3\+git20230121
Published
Jul 14, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026