CVE - CVE-2016-9424

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9424	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:94407 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 CONFIRM:https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog CONFIRM:https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/12 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-08 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 MLIST:[oss-security] 20161118 Re: CVE request: w3m - multiple vulnerabilities URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20161118	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161118)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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