CVE-2022-38223

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    CVE-2022-38223

    Published: 15 Aug 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/38xxx/CVE-2022-38223.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKESIFZMWIFMI6DRGMUYOTVKBOSEKDXZ/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NRRZMTLG3YT6U3PSGJOAMLDNLRF2EUOP/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38223, https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/242, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00030.html

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 5397d09e585a1938fb64bc9c5cd5daed1959eb90
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.5.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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