Out-of-bounds Write Affecting w3m package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.18% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-W3M-1972327
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Aug 2016

Introduced: 16 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-9424  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 w3m.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream w3m package and not the w3m package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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