CVE-2023-38252

2023-07-1418:15:10

CWE-125

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2023-38252

w3m

strnew_size

str.c

denial of service

html file

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

5.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.2%

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.

Affected configurations

NVD

Node

tatsw3mMatch0.5.3\+git20230121

Node

fedoraprojectextra_packages_for_enterprise_linuxMatch8.0

fedoraprojectfedoraMatch38

redhatenterprise_linuxMatch6.0

CPENameOperatorVersion
tats:w3mtats w3meq0.5.3+git20230121

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
tats:w3m	tats w3m	eq	0.5.3+git20230121

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "w3m",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
    ]
  }
]