gsd-2023-4255
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2023-4255


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