An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition.

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuftoStr function in indep.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file.

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the Strnewsize function in Str.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file.

Last updated 25 August 2025

Last updated 25 August 2025

Last updated 25 August 2025

parsetagx.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does not properly initialize values, which allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted html file, related to a <i> tag.

The HTMLtagproc1 function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does not properly initialize values, which allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted html file, related to <dd> tags.