CVE-2016-9631

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.8%

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted HTML page.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-476
Published: 2016-12-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tats:w3m

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/42
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog

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