CVE-2016-9429

moderate-risk

Published 2016-12-12

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Buffer overflow in the formUpdateBuffer function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Do I need to act?

0.84% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

W3M

Affected Vendors

Tats

References (10)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407

Issue Tracking https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog

Issue Tracking https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/29

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407

Issue Tracking https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog

Issue Tracking https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/29

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08

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moderate-risk

Severity 30/34 · Critical

Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal