VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-38252
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function in Str.c.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- tats/w3m · fedoraproject/extra packages for enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38252Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222775Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/270Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38252Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222775Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/270Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.