5.5
Medium
CVE-2023-4255 An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within…
Description
An 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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| w3m | Versions not published | |
| Fedora | Versions not published | |
| Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux | Versions not published |
References
- RHBZ#2255207 bugzilla.redhat.com
- github.com github.com
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