CVE-2022-38223

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-38223
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-15 11:21:00 UTC
Updated2024-03-27 03:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThere 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Application Tats W3m 0.5.3 All All All
Application W3m Project W3m 0.5.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FEDORA-2024-3fc66f8bf3 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: w3m-0.5.3-58.git20220429.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: w3m-0.5.3-58.git20220429.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: w3m-0.5.3-58.git20220429.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
FEDORA-2024-38c2261ca0 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: w3m-0.5.3-58.git20220429.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3541-1] w3m security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[BUG] out of bound write in checkType, etc.c:441 · Issue #242 · tats/w3m · GitHub MISC github.com
FEDORA-2024-aeb75f8b5b lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181943 Debian Security Update for w3m (CVE-2022-38223)
  • 199095 Ubuntu Security Notification for w3m Vulnerability (USN-5796-1)
  • 199548 Ubuntu Security Notification for w3m Vulnerability (USN-5796-2)
  • 283573 Fedora Security Update for w3m (FEDORA-2022-ce04ff8b49)
  • 283574 Fedora Security Update for w3m (FEDORA-2022-7d2f942be2)
  • 285394 Fedora Security Update for w3m (FEDORA-2024-38c2261ca0)
  • 285395 Fedora Security Update for w3m (FEDORA-2024-3fc66f8bf3)
  • 502964 Alpine Linux Security Update for w3m
  • 503274 Alpine Linux Security Update for w3m
  • 506266 Alpine Linux Security Update for w3m
  • 6000050 Debian Security Update for w3m (DLA 3541-1)
  • 753525 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for w3m (SUSE-SU-2023:0065-1)
  • 753534 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for w3m (SUSE-SU-2023:0066-1)
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