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CVE-2016-9436

parsetagx.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does not properly initialize values, which allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted html file, related to a <i> tag.

Published

2017-01-20T15:59:00.677

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	leap	42.1	Yes
Application	tats	w3m	≤ 0.5.3\+git20160718	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd Issue Tracking, Patch, Technical Description ([email protected])
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd Issue Tracking, Patch, Technical Description (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)