CVE-2022-38223
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.14%w3m - security update
Published: 8/15/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/w3mfrom 0, < 0.5.3_git20241203-r0
- Debian/w3mfrom 0, < 0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1
- Debian/w3mfrom 0, < 0.5.3-37+deb10u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |