CVE-2022-38223

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 28%
VendorProductVersion
tatsw3m
0.5.3
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
w3m
bullseye
0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
0.5.3+git20230121-2
fixed
sid
0.5.3+git20230121-2
fixed
trixie
0.5.3+git20230121-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
w3m
noble
Fixed 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1
released
mantic
Fixed 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1
released
lunar
Fixed 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1
released
kinetic
Fixed 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1
released
jammy
Fixed 0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1
released
focal
Fixed 0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1
released
bionic
Fixed 0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1
released
xenial
needed
trusty
Fixed 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2+esm1
released
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/242
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00030.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKESIFZMWIFMI6DRGMUYOTVKBOSEKDXZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NRRZMTLG3YT6U3PSGJOAMLDNLRF2EUOP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/242
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00030.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKESIFZMWIFMI6DRGMUYOTVKBOSEKDXZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NRRZMTLG3YT6U3PSGJOAMLDNLRF2EUOP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/