Description

An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 21, 2023, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-4255 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-4255 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
2 Fedoraproject extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux
1 Tats w3m

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Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : March 24, 2024, 3:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 1214 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-4255 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-4255 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207
    Added Reference https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/edc602651c506aeeb60544b55534dd1722a340d3
    Added Reference https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/268
    Added Reference https://github.com/tats/w3m/pull/273
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/ [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/ [No types assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/edc602651c506aeeb60544b55534dd1722a340d3 No Types Assigned https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/edc602651c506aeeb60544b55534dd1722a340d3 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/268 No Types Assigned https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/268 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/tats/w3m/pull/273 No Types Assigned https://github.com/tats/w3m/pull/273 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\+git20230121-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\+git20230121-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3\+git20230129:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Dec. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition.
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255207 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/edc602651c506aeeb60544b55534dd1722a340d3 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/268 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://github.com/tats/w3m/pull/273 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-787
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

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