Vulnerability CVE-2016-9436
Published: 2017-01-20

Description:
parsetagx.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 a <i> tag.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
W3m project -> W3M 
Opensuse project -> LEAP 
Opensuse -> LEAP 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08
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