CVE-2016-9439
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.77%
Description
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
How to fix CVE-2016-9439
To remediate CVE-2016-9439, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/w3m—upgrade to 0.5.3-33 or later
Is CVE-2016-9439 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.5.3-33
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 |