CVE-2023-38252

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38252
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38252.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-38252
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-07-14T17:06:20Z
Modified
2026-10-16T02:53:51Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
W3m: out of bounds read in strnew_size() at w3m/str.c
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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "redhat",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-125"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38252.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/tats/w3m

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/tats/w3m
Events
Introduced
c8223fed7cc631ad85d8e5665e509e7988bedbab
Last Affected
c8223fed7cc631ad85d8e5665e509e7988bedbab
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\\+git20230121:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0.5.3+git20230121"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "0.5.3+git20230121"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.5.3+git20230121
v0.*
v0.5.3+git20230121

Database specific

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