CVE-2023-38253

W3m: out of bounds read in growbuf_to_str() at w3m/indep.c

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-07-13 CVE Reserved
2023-07-14 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-02 First Exploit
2024-10-18 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222779	Issue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Tats Search vendor "Tats"		W3m Search vendor "Tats" for product "W3m"				0.5.3\+git20230121 Search vendor "Tats" for product "W3m" and version "0.5.3\+git20230121"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				38 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "38"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected