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CVE-2023-4255

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CVE-2023-4255

Published: Dec 21, 2023

Modified: Feb 13, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.5

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

w3m

All versions

Fedora

Fedora

All versions

Fedora

Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux

All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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