TI-2016-07839 Aliases CVE-2016-9633 GHSA-37cx-fh5p-m2xj

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33.

LOW 32CWE-399Published 2016-12-12 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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 (infinite loop and resource consumption) via a crafted HTML page.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01767 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m::::::::	up to 0.5.3-32	Vulnerable	Tats

cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.5.3-32 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 →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9633
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-37cx-fh5p-m2xj

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

[oss-security] 20161123 Re: CVE request: w3m - multiple vulnerabilities

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-2016-07695 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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