CVE-2023-4255
W3M Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
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 :
March 27, 2024, 3:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
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.
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Affected Products
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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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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0.06 }} 0.02%
score
0.23893
percentile