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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.
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Configurations
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History
21 Nov 2024, 08:34
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| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/edc602651c506aeeb60544b55534dd1722a340d3 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/268 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/tats/w3m/pull/273 - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/ - | |
| References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/ - | |
| References | () 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
JSON object : View
Products Affected
CWE
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write