CVE-2016-9435

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9435
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9435.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9435
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-01-20T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-16T06:32:59.272807Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-30

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-30

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-30

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-30

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/tats/w3m

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/tats/w3m
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd

Affected versions

upstream/0.*

upstream/0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23
upstream/0.3
upstream/0.5.1
upstream/0.5.2
upstream/0.5.3

v0.*

v0.5.3+debian-19
v0.5.3+git20150203
v0.5.3+git20150509
v0.5.3+git20150623
v0.5.3+git20150720
v0.5.3+git20150811
v0.5.3+git20151010
v0.5.3+git20151119
v0.5.3+git20160228
v0.5.3+git20160511
v0.5.3+git20160718

Database specific 

{
    "vanir_signatures": [
        {
            "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "digest": {
                "line_hashes": [
                    "311004745453435617756753801353359150057",
                    "143134225384708127344576683335910472673",
                    "186384755597943013168483540501107179659",
                    "112398006071132182438373256047756762888"
                ],
                "threshold": 0.9
            },
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "id": "CVE-2016-9435-2fda5057",
            "target": {
                "file": "file.c"
            }
        },
        {
            "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "digest": {
                "line_hashes": [
                    "104395104491150999346745860766298117160",
                    "22387227991403213856454022304549452974",
                    "309193199931375910465849400156799792841"
                ],
                "threshold": 0.9
            },
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "id": "CVE-2016-9435-79107265",
            "target": {
                "file": "parsetagx.c"
            }
        },
        {
            "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "digest": {
                "function_hash": "4987390351755194380299389707932098436",
                "length": 25115.0
            },
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "id": "CVE-2016-9435-986b439c",
            "target": {
                "file": "file.c",
                "function": "HTMLtagproc1"
            }
        },
        {
            "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "digest": {
                "function_hash": "78877202036832609142144252743261376164",
                "length": 3604.0
            },
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "id": "CVE-2016-9435-e6ec55a9",
            "target": {
                "file": "parsetagx.c",
                "function": "parse_tag"
            }
        }
    ]
}