CVE-2016-9442

6.5 MEDIUM

Published: December 12, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. w3m allows remote attackers to cause memory corruption in certain conditions via a crafted HTML page.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch

https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/d43527cfa0dbb3ccefec4a6f7b32c1434739aa29

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3