CVE-2016-9436

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

parsetagx.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 a <i> tag.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bdIssue Tracking, Patch, Technical Description
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bdIssue Tracking, Patch, Technical Description
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Jan 20, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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