CVE-2016-9428
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 12, 2016 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorW3M
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Heap-based buffer overflow in the addMultirowsForm function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLogx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/26Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
8.8HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-120
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