5.5

CVE-2023-4255

Exploit

W3m: out-of-bounds write in function checktype() in etc.c (incomplete fix for cve-2022-38223)

An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Tats ≫ W3m Version0.5.3+git20230121-1
Tats ≫ W3m Version0.5.3+git20230121-2
Tats ≫ W3m Version0.5.3+git20230129
Fedoraproject ≫ Fedora Version39
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.32% 0.237
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
secalert@redhat.com 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207
Third Party Advisory
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/edc602651c506aeeb60544b55534dd1722a340d3
Patch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/268
Patch
Exploit
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/tats/w3m/pull/273
Patch
Issue Tracking