CVE-2023-4255

An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/edc602651c506aeeb60544b55534dd1722a340d3	Patch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/268	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/pull/273	Issue Tracking Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\+git20230129:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\+git20230121-1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\+git20230121-2:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:::::::*

Information

Published : 2023-12-21 16:15

Updated : 2024-01-03 02:30

NVD link : CVE-2023-4255

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4255

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fedoraproject

extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux
fedora

tats

w3m

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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