CVE-2023-4255

A

n 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.

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:34

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/edc602651c506aeeb60544b55534dd1722a340d3 - Patch () https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/edc602651c506aeeb60544b55534dd1722a340d3 - Patch
References () https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/268 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch () https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/268 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/tats/w3m/pull/273 - Issue Tracking, Patch () https://github.com/tats/w3m/pull/273 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/ -

Information

Published : 2023-12-21 16:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:34


NVD link : CVE-2023-4255

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4255

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4255


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CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write