{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2023-38252","details":"An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnew_size function in Str.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file.","modified":"2026-09-15T08:17:48.385060127Z","published":"2023-07-14T18:15:10.990Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-38252"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-38252"}],"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-2023-38252.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:N/I:N/A:H"}]}