CVE-2016-9424 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. w3m doesn't properly validate the value of tag attribute, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap buffer overflow crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Published: 2016-12-12

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-3214-1	w3m vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00993.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/12
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9424
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9424

History

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Subscriptions

Tats W3m

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-12T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:38.338Z

Reserved: 2016-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9424

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-12T02:59:12.997

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-9424

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-08-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9424 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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