CVE-2016-9624
W3m Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted HTML page.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 12, 2016, 2:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 29, 2023, 6:38 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-9624 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-9624.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/35 | Issue Tracking Patch |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:w3m_project:w3m:0.5.3-32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (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 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/issues/35 No Types Assigned https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/35 Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Added CWE CWE-476
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-9624 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-9624
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.48 }} 0.00%
score
0.72253
percentile