CVE-2016-9629

w3m: Null pointer dereference in shiftAnchorPosition()

Published Dec 12, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 2.4% 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

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3214-1 w3m vulnerabilities
History
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2024, 5:15 PM
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 15, 2016, 12:00 AM