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Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-38223

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the w3m package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20w3m0.5.3.20230121-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-38223
Alpine:v3.21w3m0.5.3.20230121-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-38223
Alpine:v3.22w3m0.5.3_git20241203-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-38223
Alpine:v3.23w3m0.5.3_git20241203-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-38223
Alpine:v3.24w3m0.5.3_git20241203-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-38223
Debian:12w3m0.5.3+git20230121-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223
Debian:13w3m0.5.3+git20230121-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223
Debian:14w3m0.5.3+git20230121-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSw3m0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38223
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSw3m0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1USN-5796-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References