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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2023-38253

Vendorfedoraproject, redhat, tatsProductfedora, enterprise linux, w3m, extra packages for enterprise linuxDiscoveredJul 14, 2023UpdatedNov 21, 2024

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str function in indep.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file.

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CVSS v3.1
4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.36%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 2, 2026
● 0.00pp
0.36% → 0.36% over 2 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Connections
5 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jul 14, 2023
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024