CVE-2023-38253

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38253
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38253.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-38253
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-07-14T17:07:01.468Z
Modified
2026-07-15T01:49:11.623538413Z
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 growbuf_to_str() at w3m/indep.c
Details

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuftoStr function in indep.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-2023-38253.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 
{
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\\+git20230121:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0.5.3+git20230121"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.5.3+git20230121"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

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

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38253.json"