High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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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Tats/W3m
cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Fedoraproject/Fedora2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m/w3mdescription
osv-coords6 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/w3m&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/w3m&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg: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

cvss	0.507
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

CVE-2022-38223

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