CVE-2016-9429 | BDVDB-2026-79633 Detail

Description#

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Buffer overflow in the formUpdateBuffer function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/29
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-12-12Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.