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CVE-2023-38253

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.

Published

2023-07-14T18:15:11.047

Last Modified

2024-11-21T08:13:11.373

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-125
Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	tats	w3m	0.5.3\+git20230121	Yes
Application	fedoraproject	extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	38	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	6.0	Yes

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222779 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/ ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222779 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)