CVE-2023-38252

2023-07-1418:15:10

Alpine Linux Development Team

security.alpinelinux.org

vulnerability

w3m

denial of service

html file

unix

cve-2023-38252

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.3%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Alpineedge-communitynoarchw3m< 0.5.3.20230718-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.18-communitynoarchw3m< 0.5.3.20230718-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.19-communitynoarchw3m< 0.5.3.20230718-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.20-communitynoarchw3m< 0.5.3.20230718-r0UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Alpine	edge-community	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3.20230718-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.18-community	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3.20230718-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.19-community	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3.20230718-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.20-community	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3.20230718-r0	UNKNOWN