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SUSE: CVE-2023-4255: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2023-4255: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/21/2023
Created
01/04/2024
Added
01/03/2024
Modified
01/04/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-w3m

References

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