CVE-2023-38252

MEDIUM

4.7

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.7

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published7/14/2023

Last Modified2/8/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linuxfedoraproject:fedoraredhat:enterprise_linuxtats:w3m

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125CWE-125

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38252(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222775(secalert@redhat.com)

https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/270(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38252(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222775(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/270(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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