ubuntu-cve-2022-38223
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-08-15 11:21
Modified
2025-10-24 04:53
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "w3m",
"binary_version": "0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "w3m-img",
"binary_version": "0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2+esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
"name": "w3m",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/w3m@0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2+esm1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.5.3-11",
"0.5.3-12",
"0.5.3-13",
"0.5.3-15",
"0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1",
"0.5.3-15ubuntu0.2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "w3m",
"binary_version": "0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "w3m-img",
"binary_version": "0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
"name": "w3m",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/w3m@0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.5.3-24",
"0.5.3-25",
"0.5.3-26",
"0.5.3-26build1",
"0.5.3-26ubuntu0.1",
"0.5.3-26ubuntu0.2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "w3m",
"binary_version": "0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "w3m-img",
"binary_version": "0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "w3m",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/w3m@0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.5.3-34",
"0.5.3-34.1",
"0.5.3-35",
"0.5.3-36",
"0.5.3-36build1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "w3m",
"binary_version": "0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "w3m-img",
"binary_version": "0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "w3m",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/w3m@0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.5.3-37"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "w3m",
"binary_version": "0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "w3m-img",
"binary_version": "0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "w3m",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/w3m@0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.5.3+git20210102-6ubuntu0.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.5.3+git20210102-6build1",
"0.5.3+git20210102-6build2",
"0.5.3+git20210102-6build3"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38223",
"modified": "2025-10-24T04:53:48Z",
"published": "2022-08-15T11:21:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38223"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5796-1"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5796-2"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38223"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-5796-1",
"USN-5796-2"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2022-38223"
]
}
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