CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9435
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The HTMLtagproc1 function in file.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 <dd> tags.
Affected configurations
• opensuse leap 42.2
• opensuse project leap 42.1
• tats w3m (<= 0.5.3\+git20160718)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry