CVE-2023-38252

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Nov 7, 2026

Description

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function in Str.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	—

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38252Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222775Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/270Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38252Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222775Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/270Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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/

Timeline

Published: Jul 14, 2023
Last modified: Nov 7, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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