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CVE-2023-38253 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.7 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222779	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222779	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-125	Out-of-bounds Read	[email protected]
CWE-125	Out-of-bounds Read	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
tats w3m	0.5.3+git20230121
CPE cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3+git20230121:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject extra packages for enterprise linux	8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	38
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 27, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 23, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 29, 2023	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 26, 2023	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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