Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9435
CVE-2016-9435
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 tags.
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Affected products
13- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/w3m&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/w3m&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2
< 0.5.3.git20161120-1.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bdnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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