CVE-2023-38252
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-07-14 17:06
Modified
2024-08-20 15:08
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼ | Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 |
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