CVE-2022-38223: There is an out-of-bounds write in checkType located in etc.c in w3m 0.5.3. It can be triggered by sending a crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. It allows an…

PriorityP431high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.44%

35.2th percentile

There is an out-of-bounds write in checkType located in etc.c in w3m 0.5.3. It can be triggered by sending a crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	w3m	< w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-1 (bookworm)	w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-1 (bookworm)
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
tats	w3m	—	—
tats	w3m	>= 0 < 0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1	0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1
tats	w3m	>= 0 < 0.5.3+git20230121-1	0.5.3+git20230121-1
tats	w3m	>= 0 < 0.5.3+git20230121-1	0.5.3+git20230121-1
tats	w3m	>= 0 < 0.5.3+git20230121-1	0.5.3+git20230121-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8HIGH

vendor_redhat7.8HIGH

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