CVE-2022-38223

2022-08-1500:00:00

ubuntu.com

vulnerability

out-of-bounds write

w3m 0.5.3

denial of service

html file

debian

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

57.3%

JSON

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.

Bugs

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.10noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2+esm1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchw3m< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.10	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2+esm1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	w3m	< any	UNKNOWN