CVE-2016-9442

w3m: Potential heap-buffer corruption due to Strgrow

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Published Dec 12, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.817% probability within 30 days)

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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/commit/d43527cfa0dbb3ccefec4a6f7b32c1434739aa29
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9442
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9442

History

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Subscriptions

Tats W3m

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 2:50 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 12, 2016, 2:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 2:50 AM
Reserved: Nov 18, 2016, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:56 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 12, 2016, 2:59 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:56 AM

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Red Hat Updated: Aug 31, 2016, 12:00 AM

Severity: Low
Public date: Aug 31, 2016, 12:00 AM

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