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TI-2016-07695 Aliases CVE-2016-9423GHSA-2h42-pg53-gv5w

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31.

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03224 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.5.3-30VulnerableTats
  • cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.5.3-30 Vulnerable ·Tats

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9423
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2h42-pg53-gv5w

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

  • TI-2016-07700 An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2016-07694 An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2016-07701 An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2016-07697 An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2016-07696 An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2016-07698 An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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