CVE-2016-9422

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. The feed_table_tag function in w3m doesn't properly validate the value of table span, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack and/or heap buffer overflow) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 12, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-9422: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix