CVE-2016-9435

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
The HTMLtagproc1 function in file.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 <dd> tags.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9435
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-20T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.5.3\+git20160718
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9435
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9435
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:57:08 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:03:09 2017-01-20T15:59Z 2017-01-20T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:03:10 2018-10-30T16:27:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:03:10 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated