CVE-2016-9426

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Integer overflow vulnerability in the renderTable function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOM) and possibly execute arbitrary code due to bdwgc's bug (CVE-2016-9427) via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog	Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/25	Issue Tracking Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

29 Dec 2023, 18:38

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Tats Tats w3m
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m::::::::

Information

Published : 2016-12-12 02:59

Updated : 2023-12-29 18:38

NVD link : CVE-2016-9426

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9426

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9426

JSON object : View

Products Affected

tats

w3m

CWE

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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