VDB
CVE-2016-9424
CVE-2016-9424
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.99% · 77.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.99%
77.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | w3m | 0.5.3-15, 0, 0.5.3-11 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | w3m | 0, 0.5.3-24, 0.5.3-26 |
Timeline
- Dec 11, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9424 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/12 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3214-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9424 third-party-advisory