CVE-2023-38253

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Fedoraproject Extra Packages FOR Enterprise LinuxFedoraproject FedoraRedhat Enterprise Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDtats/w3m0.5.3\+git20230121

Also affects: Fedora 38, Enterprise Linux 6.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rrg6-f895-jq87: An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str function in indep↗2023-07-14
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OSV
CVE-2023-38253: An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str function in indep↗2023-07-14
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CVEList
W3m: out of bounds read in growbuf_to_str() at w3m/indep.c↗2023-07-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
w3m: Out of bounds read in growbuf_to_Str() at w3m/indep.c↗2023-06-29
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Debian
CVE-2023-38253: w3m - An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str function in i...↗2023
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