CVE-2016-9425
CVSS V2 Medium 6.8
CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Heap-based buffer overflow in the addMultirowsForm function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-9425
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2016-12-12T02:59:14
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-07-01T01:30:13
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 0.5.3-30 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.8
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 8.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/21 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9425 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9425 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 09:40:10 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 12:21:32 | 2016-12-12T02:59Z | 2016-12-12T02:59:14 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 12:21:32 | 2017-07-01T01:30:13 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 12:21:32 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |