CVE-2016-9424
High
CVE-2016-9424
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. w3m doesn't properly validate the value of tag attribute, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap buffer overflow crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Exploit probability
3.2%
Published
December 12, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
49 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-9424
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An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. w3m doesn't properly validate the value of tag attribute, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap buffer overflow crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
05 / REFERENCES