CVE-2022-38223
w3m - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.14%
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.
How to fix CVE-2022-38223
To remediate CVE-2022-38223, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/w3m—upgrade to 0.5.3_git20241203-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.5.3-37+deb10u1 or later
Is CVE-2022-38223 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.5.3_git20241203-r0
- from 0, < 0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1
- from 0, < 0.5.3-37+deb10u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |