{
  "cveId": "CVE-2022-38223",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38223",
  "summary": "CVE-2022-38223 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by w3m 0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1, released August 15, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "w3m: There is an out-of-bounds write in checkType located in etc.c in w3m 0.5.3",
  "description": "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.",
  "published": "2022-08-15T04:21:00Z",
  "severity": "Medium",
  "cvss": 7.8,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "epss": 0.00472,
  "epssPercentile": 0.41074,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m",
      "release": "Debian 12.15 (bookworm)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.5.3\u002Bgit20230121-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-38223",
      "released": "2022-08-15T11:21:43Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m",
      "release": "Debian 13.5 (trixie)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.5.3\u002Bgit20230121-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-38223",
      "released": "2022-08-15T11:21:43Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "0.5.3\u002Bgit20230121-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38223",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-38223",
      "released": "2022-08-15T11:21:43Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1",
      "fix": "w3m 0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-w3m-0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1",
      "released": "2022-08-15T04:21:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m",
      "release": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1",
      "fix": "w3m 0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-w3m-0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1",
      "released": "2022-08-15T04:21:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m",
      "release": "Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.5.3\u002Bgit20210102-6ubuntu0.1",
      "fix": "w3m 0.5.3\u002Bgit20210102-6ubuntu0.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-w3m-0.5.3-git20210102-6ubuntu0.1",
      "released": "2022-08-15T04:21:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m",
      "release": "Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.5.3\u002Bgit20220429-1ubuntu1",
      "fix": "w3m 0.5.3\u002Bgit20220429-1ubuntu1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-oracular-w3m-0.5.3-git20220429-1ubuntu1",
      "released": "2026-01-16T01:42:23Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m",
      "release": "Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.5.3\u002Bgit20220429-1ubuntu1",
      "fix": "w3m 0.5.3\u002Bgit20220429-1ubuntu1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-plucky-w3m-0.5.3-git20220429-1ubuntu1",
      "released": "2026-01-16T01:42:24Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m-img",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
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      "fix": "w3m-img 0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-w3m-img-0.5.3-36ubuntu0.1",
      "released": "2022-08-15T04:21:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m-img",
      "release": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1",
      "fix": "w3m-img 0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-w3m-img-0.5.3-37ubuntu0.1",
      "released": "2022-08-15T04:21:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m-img",
      "release": "Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.5.3\u002Bgit20210102-6ubuntu0.1",
      "fix": "w3m-img 0.5.3\u002Bgit20210102-6ubuntu0.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-w3m-img-0.5.3-git20210102-6ubuntu0.1",
      "released": "2022-08-15T04:21:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m-img",
      "release": "Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular)",
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      "fix": "w3m-img 0.5.3\u002Bgit20220429-1ubuntu1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-oracular-w3m-img-0.5.3-git20220429-1ubuntu1",
      "released": "2026-01-16T01:42:23Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "w3m-img",
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      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-plucky-w3m-img-0.5.3-git20220429-1ubuntu1",
      "released": "2026-01-16T01:42:24Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T13:06:02Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}