CVE-2023-4255 (GCVE-0-2023-4255)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-21 16:08 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:09
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Title
W3m: out-of-bounds write in function checktype() in etc.c (incomplete fix for cve-2022-38223)
Summary
An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a w3m
Date Public ?
2023-06-12 00:00
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank iskindar97@gmail.com for reporting this issue.
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