High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-9428
CVE-2016-9428
Description
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Heap-based buffer overflow in the addMultirowsForm function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
5- github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLognvdIssue TrackingPatch
- github.com/tats/w3m/issues/26nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08nvd
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