DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-38223
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2022-08-15T11:21:43.557Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:34.179530Z
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"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223.json"

Debian:14 / 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"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223.json"