CVE-2016-9440

moderate-risk
Published 2016-12-12

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted HTML page.

Do I need to act?

~
1.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
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/22
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/22
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal