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CVE-2016-9436

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Date: January 20, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9436

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9436

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9436

Url: https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.html

Url: https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9436

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9436

Severity Score

6.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 0.5.3+git20161009

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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