{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2023-38253","details":"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.","modified":"2025-12-03T23:03:40.163399Z","published":"2023-07-14T18:15:11.047Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-38253"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-38253"}],"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"}]}],"versions":["0.5.3-r0","0.5.3-r1","0.5.3-r2","0.5.4-r0","0.5.5-r0"],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2023-38253.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}