{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2022-38223","details":"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.","modified":"2026-08-27T22:18:01.870652865Z","published":"2022-08-15T11:21:43.557Z","upstream":["CVE-2022-38223"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-38223"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"w3m","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.23","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/w3m?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.3_git20241203-r0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-38223.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}