Security advisory

{
  "id": "357b16d5f21c2e889f84ffb48e3f463d7cace27d02a8d73f7d534a8d2e20afe2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38223",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-38223",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-38223",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-38223",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-38223"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/tats/w3m",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "5397d09e585a1938fb64bc9c5cd5daed1959eb90"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5397d09e585a1938fb64bc9c5cd5daed1959eb90"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.5.3"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.5.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.5.3",
            "upstream/0.5.3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-38223.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:38.504923706Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/38xxx/CVE-2022-38223.json",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKESIFZMWIFMI6DRGMUYOTVKBOSEKDXZ/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NRRZMTLG3YT6U3PSGJOAMLDNLRF2EUOP/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38223",
        "https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/242",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00030.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/38xxx/CVE-2022-38223.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-38223",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 505559,
  "published_at": "2022-08-15T00:00:00+00:00"
}