CVE-2022-38223

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38223
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-38223.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-38223
Related
Published
2022-08-15T11:21:43Z
Modified
2025-01-14T11:06:05.708812Z
Downstream
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

There is an out-of-bounds write in checkType located in etc.c in w3m 0.5.3. It can be triggered by sending a crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.3+git20210102-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3+git20230121-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3+git20230121-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

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
5397d09e585a1938fb64bc9c5cd5daed1959eb90

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