CVE-2016-9431
N/A
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
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service 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/10Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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