CVE-2016-9436 — Improper Input Validation in W3M

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-456 — Missing Initialization of a Variable8 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.83%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Tats W3MOpensuse LeapOpensuse Project Leap
Timeline
PublishedJan 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

parsetagx.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does not properly initialize values, which allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted html file, related to a tag.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debiantats/w3m< 0.5.3-30+3
▶NVDtats/w3m0.5.3\+git20160718
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.2

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-5j3m-7p74-crqv: parsetagx↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-9436: parsetagx↗2017-01-20
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CVEList
CVE-2016-9436: parsetagx↗2017-01-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
w3m vulnerabilities↗2017-03-02
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Red Hat
w3m: Unitialised value in parsetagx.c↗2016-08-17
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Debian
CVE-2016-9436: w3m - parsetagx.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does not properly initialize values,...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9436 w3m: Unitialised value in parsetagx.c↗2016-11-29
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