What is the severity of CVE-2016-9429?

CVE-2016-9429 has a medium severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service and allow arbitrary code execution.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9429?

To fix CVE-2016-9429, upgrade to w3m version 0.5.3-31 or later.

What type of attacks can exploit CVE-2016-9429?

CVE-2016-9429 can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted HTML page to trigger a buffer overflow.

What is the potential impact of CVE-2016-9429?

The potential impact of CVE-2016-9429 includes crashing the application and executing arbitrary code on the affected system.

Which versions of w3m are affected by CVE-2016-9429?

CVE-2016-9429 affects w3m versions up to and including 0.5.3-30.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-9429

high

8.8

CWE

119

12/12/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-9429: Buffer Overflow

First published: Mon Dec 12 2016(Updated: )

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Buffer overflow in the formUpdateBuffer function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
w3m	<=0.5.3-30
w3m	<=0.5.3-30

Remedy

https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog

Remedy

https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/29

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9429?
CVE-2016-9429 has a medium severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service and allow arbitrary code execution.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9429?
To fix CVE-2016-9429, upgrade to w3m version 0.5.3-31 or later.
What type of attacks can exploit CVE-2016-9429?
CVE-2016-9429 can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted HTML page to trigger a buffer overflow.
What is the potential impact of CVE-2016-9429?
The potential impact of CVE-2016-9429 includes crashing the application and executing arbitrary code on the affected system.
Which versions of w3m are affected by CVE-2016-9429?
CVE-2016-9429 affects w3m versions up to and including 0.5.3-30.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9429?
CVE-2016-9429 has a medium severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service and allow arbitrary code execution.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9429?
To fix CVE-2016-9429, upgrade to w3m version 0.5.3-31 or later.
What type of attacks can exploit CVE-2016-9429?
CVE-2016-9429 can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted HTML page to trigger a buffer overflow.
What is the potential impact of CVE-2016-9429?
The potential impact of CVE-2016-9429 includes crashing the application and executing arbitrary code on the affected system.
Which versions of w3m are affected by CVE-2016-9429?
CVE-2016-9429 affects w3m versions up to and including 0.5.3-30.