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GHSA-H4J6-FWM6-VV32

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-14 18:31 – Updated: 2024-03-27 03:31

Details

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function in Str.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file.

Severity ?

4.7 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2023-38252 (GCVE-0-2023-38252)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-14 17:06 – Updated: 2025-11-21 06:00

Summary

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function in Str.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file.

Severity ?

4.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

redhat

References

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	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222775	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
	https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/270

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-H4J6-FWM6-VV32

CVE-2023-38252 (GCVE-0-2023-38252)

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