w3m — security advisory

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  "id": "89452550aae68354be926ad81a1c00194f786554ec3dcdac8716ca3ae725757c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-38253",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "ALPINE-CVE-2023-38253",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:ALPINE-CVE-2023-38253",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "w3m",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.5.3_git20241203-r0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2023-38253",
      "aliases": [
        "ALPINE-CVE-2023-38253"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.5.3_git20241203-r0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "w3m",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/w3m?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.23"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-38253.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {}
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T17:17:58.632438524Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-38253"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-38253"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-38253",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 454461,
  "published_at": "2023-07-14T18:15:11.047+00:00"
}