DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9435

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9435
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9435.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9435
Upstream
Published
2017-01-20T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:26Z
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"
}