CVE-2022-38223 (GCVE-0-2022-38223)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-15 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:14
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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