CVE-2022-38223

2022-08-1500:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

57.4%

JSON

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.

Bugs

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.10noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchw3m< 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2+esm1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchw3m< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.10	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	w3m	< 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2+esm1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	w3m	< any	UNKNOWN