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cveMitreCVE-2016-9424
HistoryDec 12, 2016 - 2:59 a.m.

CVE-2016-9424

2016-12-1202:59:12
CWE-119
mitre
web.nvd.nist.gov
48
4
cve-2016-9424
tatsuya kinoshita
w3m
heap buffer overflow
denial of service
remote attackers
nvd

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.014

Percentile

86.4%

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. w3m doesn’t properly validate the value of tag attribute, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap buffer overflow crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
tatsw3mRange0.5.3-30
VendorProductVersionCPE
tatsw3m*cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Social References

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CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.014

Percentile

86.4%