CVE-2016-9424
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.99%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-9424
To remediate CVE-2016-9424, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/w3m—upgrade to 0.5.3-30 or later
Is CVE-2016-9424 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.5.3-30
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |