w3m: Null pointer dereference in shiftAnchorPosition()
Published Dec 12, 2016
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.42%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02420) | 83.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02420) | 81.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.74% (0.00740) | 70.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.08% (0.02084) | 73.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.74% (0.00740) | 71.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00485) | 76.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00485) | 75.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00485) | 72.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9629 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1399732 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/40 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9629
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9629
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9629 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1399732 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/40 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9629 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9629 |
Change history (0)
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