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mageiaGentoo FoundationMGASA-2024-0105
HistoryApr 01, 2024 - 10:50 p.m.

Updated w3m packages fix security vulnerabilities

2024-04-0122:50:27
Gentoo Foundation
advisories.mageia.org
16
w3m packages
security vulnerabilities
denial of service
out-of-bounds read
out-of-bounds write
html file
application crashes
unix

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

24.9%

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function in Str.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file. (CVE-2023-38252) 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. (CVE-2023-38253) 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. (CVE-2023-4255)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Mageia9noarchw3m< 0.5.3-13.git20230121.1w3m-0.5.3-13.git20230121.1.mga9

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

24.9%