An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory | 
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 | |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog | Issue Tracking Patch | 
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/10 | Issue Tracking Patch | 
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory | 
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 | |
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog | Issue Tracking Patch | 
| https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/10 | Issue Tracking Patch | 
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 | 
Configurations
                    History
                    21 Nov 2024, 03:01
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407 - | |
| References | () https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/10 - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08 - | 
29 Dec 2023, 18:38
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| First Time | Tats w3m Tats | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 
Information
                Published : 2016-12-12 02:59
Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46
NVD link : CVE-2016-9431
Mitre link : CVE-2016-9431
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9431
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Products Affected
                tats
- w3m
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-119
                        
            Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
