gsd-2023-38253
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str function in indep.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file.
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