ALPINE-CVE-2023-38252

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-38252
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-38252.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2023-38252
Upstream
Published
2023-07-14T18:15:10.990Z
Modified
2025-12-03T23:03:59.906542Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.23 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3_git20241203-r0

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.3-r0
0.5.3-r1
0.5.3-r2
0.5.4-r0
0.5.5-r0

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-38252.json"