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CVE-2016-9429

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31.

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.8%
percentile 90%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.78% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-08 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • github.com /tats/w3m/issues/29 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • github.com /tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/94407 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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