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CVE-2016-9629

Published: Dec 12, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-476
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.4%
Top 18.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

w3mtats
Mixed
Consumer Software / browser
n/an/a
tatsoss-projectConsumer Softwareaka w3m

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1
openwall.com
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog
github.com
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/40
github.com

Timeline

Published
Dec 12, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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