6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-9628
"w3m Denial of Service (DoS) 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.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-9628 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9628 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Tats w3m
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-9628.

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/39 Issue Tracking Patch

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A collection of vulnerabilities discovered by the AFL fuzzer (afl-fuzz)

Updated: 5 months, 1 week ago
88 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : Aug. 27, 2015, 12:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 332 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9628 vulnerability over time.

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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/issues/39 No Types Assigned https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/39 Issue Tracking, Patch
    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 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
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.48 }} 0.00%

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0.72253

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