w3m: Out-of-bounds write in addMultirowsForm()
Published Dec 12, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.34%
Description
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Heap-based buffer overflow in the addMultirowsForm function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Oct 15, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.34% (0.03342) | 88.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.37% (0.03370) | 87.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 7, 2025 | 1.59% (0.01594) | 80.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.58% (0.00584) | 67.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.39% (0.01390) | 86.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 1.39% (0.01390) | 86.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01390) | 84.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.67% (0.03666) | 85.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 22, 2022 | 3.67% (0.03666) | 84.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.25% (0.03249) | 82.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.25% (0.03249) | 65.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9428 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1399667 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/26 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9428
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9428
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9428 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1399667 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/26 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9428 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9428 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.