CVE-2016-9435 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-9435

The HTMLtagproc1 function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does...

Vulnerability 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 <dd> tags.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

leap, w3m
Vulnerable Versions:
42.2, 42.1, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 20th, 2017
Last Modified: November 14th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.