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CVE-2016-9424

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.

  • Published: Dec 12, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-9424
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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