CVE-2023-38252

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Publication date:

14/07/2023

Last modified:

08/02/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

4.70

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\+git20230121:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\+git20230121:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*

CVE-2023-38252

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools