Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2023· Updated Feb 13, 2025
W3m: out of bounds read in growbuf_to_str() at w3m/indep.c
CVE-2023-38253
Description
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.
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Affected products
9- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/w3m&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/w3m&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg: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%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5
< 0.5.3+git20230121-150000.3.6.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3+git20230121-150000.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3+git20230121-150000.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3+git20230121-150000.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3+git20230121-150000.3.6.1
- Fedora/Extra Packages for Enterprise Linuxv5
- Fedora/Fedorav5
Patches
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References
6- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitreissue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/mitre
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/mitre
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