CVE-2016-9439
Published: 11 December 2016
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
w3m Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Released
(0.5.3-5ubuntu1.2)
|
trusty |
Released
(0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1)
|
|
upstream |
Needed
|
|
xenial |
Released
(0.5.3-26ubuntu0.1)
|
|
yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
zesty |
Not vulnerable
(0.5.3-33)
|
|
Patches: debian: https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/f393faf55975a94217df479e1bd06ee4403c6958 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 6.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |