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CVE-2022-38223

Published: 15 August 2022

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
w3m
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1)
focal
Released (0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1)
jammy
Released (0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1)
kinetic
Released (0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1)
lunar
Released (0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1)
mantic
Released (0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needed

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/419ca82d57c72242817b55e2eaa4cdbf6916e7fa

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H