CVE-2016-9628

w3m: Null pointer dereference due to bad form id in HTMLlineproc2body()

Published Dec 12, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3214-1 w3m vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:59 AM
Reserved
Nov 23, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 12, 2016, 2:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:56 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 13, 2016, 12:00 AM