CVE-2016-9435
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.4%
Description
The HTMLtagproc1 function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does not properly initialize values, which allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted html file, related to <dd> tags.
How to fix CVE-2016-9435
To remediate CVE-2016-9435, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/w3m—upgrade to 0.5.3-30 or later
Is CVE-2016-9435 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, 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 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |