NVD - CVE-2016-9442

CVE-2016-9442 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. w3m allows remote attackers to cause memory corruption in certain conditions via a crafted HTML page.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 12/11/2016

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog	Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/d43527cfa0dbb3ccefec4a6f7b32c1434739aa29	Issue Tracking Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Buffer Errors (CWE-119)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.5.3-30

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

3 change records found - show changes

Initial Analysis - 12/13/2016 1:16:51 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m:0.5.3-30::::::: (and previous)
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CWE		CWE-119
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog No Types Assigned	https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/d43527cfa0dbb3ccefec4a6f7b32c1434739aa29 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/d43527cfa0dbb3ccefec4a6f7b32c1434739aa29 Issue Tracking, Patch

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-9442
NVD Published Date:
12/11/2016
NVD Last Modified:
06/30/2017

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