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.
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:14:23.129Z

Reserved: 2022-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38223

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-15T11:21:43.557

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:15:41.110

Link: CVE-2022-38223

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2022-08-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-38223 - Bugzilla