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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/26
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0159
EPSS Percentile
81.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (1)
tats/w3m
< 0.5.3-30
Published
Dec 12, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026