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CVE-2022-38223

Publication date 15 August 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
w3m 24.10 oracular
Fixed 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 0.5.3+git20220429-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
w3m

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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