NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting w3m-img package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.66% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-W3MIMG-1359843
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Aug 2016

Introduced: 19 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-9440  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted HTML page.