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ALPINE-CVE-2022-38223

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 a...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.23 w3m

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.3_git20241203-r0"}]}]

References

advisory security.alpinelinux.org