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Permalink CVE-2023-4255
5.5 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): REQUIRED
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): NONE
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): HIGH
created 6 months ago
W3m: out-of-bounds write in function checktype() in etc.c (incomplete fix for cve-2022-38223)

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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Affected products

w3m

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pkgs.w3m-nox

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  • nixos-unstable -

pkgs.w3m-full

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  • nixos-unstable -

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