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CVE-2023-38253

Date: July 14, 2023

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.7

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38253

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222779

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/

Url: https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38253

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-38253

Severity Score

4.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.7
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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