CVE-2023-38252

2023-07-1418:15:10

Debian Security Bug Tracker

security-tracker.debian.org

w3m

out-of-bounds

denial of service

html

unix

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

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
Debian12allw3m<= 0.5.3+git20230121-2w3m_0.5.3+git20230121-2_all.deb
Debian11allw3m<= 0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1w3m_0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1_all.deb
Debian999allw3m<= 0.5.3+git20230121-2w3m_0.5.3+git20230121-2_all.deb
Debian13allw3m<= 0.5.3+git20230121-2w3m_0.5.3+git20230121-2_all.deb

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Debian	12	all	w3m	<= 0.5.3+git20230121-2	w3m_0.5.3+git20230121-2_all.deb
Debian	11	all	w3m	<= 0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1	w3m_0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1_all.deb
Debian	999	all	w3m	<= 0.5.3+git20230121-2	w3m_0.5.3+git20230121-2_all.deb
Debian	13	all	w3m	<= 0.5.3+git20230121-2	w3m_0.5.3+git20230121-2_all.deb