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
2023-07-14T18:15:10.990Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:45:57.193456Z
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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "38"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/tats/w3m

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/tats/w3m
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
c8223fed7cc631ad85d8e5665e509e7988bedbab
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\\+git20230121:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.5.3+git20230121"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

upstream/0.*
upstream/0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23
upstream/0.3
upstream/0.5.1
upstream/0.5.2
upstream/0.5.3
v0.*
v0.5.3+debian-19
v0.5.3+git20150203
v0.5.3+git20150509
v0.5.3+git20150623
v0.5.3+git20150720
v0.5.3+git20150811
v0.5.3+git20151010
v0.5.3+git20151119
v0.5.3+git20160228
v0.5.3+git20160511
v0.5.3+git20160718
v0.5.3+git20161009
v0.5.3+git20161031
v0.5.3+git20161120
v0.5.3+git20170102
v0.5.3+git20180125
v0.5.3+git20190105
v0.5.3+git20200502
v0.5.3+git20210102
v0.5.3+git20220429
v0.5.3+git20230121

Database specific

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