Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2022· Updated Nov 4, 2025
CVE-2022-38223
CVE-2022-38223
Description
There 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.
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Affected products
8- w3m/w3mdescription
- osv-coords6 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/w3m&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/w3m&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5
< 0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3+git20180125-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3+git20180125-150000.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-161.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-161.6.1
Patches
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References
7- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKESIFZMWIFMI6DRGMUYOTVKBOSEKDXZ/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NRRZMTLG3YT6U3PSGJOAMLDNLRF2EUOP/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00030.htmlmitremailing-list
- github.com/tats/w3m/issues/242mitre
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