Out-of-bounds Write Affecting w3m-img package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-W3MIMG-1359003
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed16 Aug 2016
Introduced: 16 Aug 2016
CVE-2016-9424 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 w3m-img.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream w3m-img package and not the w3m-img package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL: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.