NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting w3m package, versions <0.5.3-26ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-W3M-395558
  • published12 Dec 2016
  • disclosed12 Dec 2016

Introduced: 12 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9631  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 w3m to version 0.5.3-26ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream w3m package and not the w3m package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted HTML page.