Search/CVE-2016-9435
● CVE — Medium

CVE-2016-9435

Vendoropensuse, tats, opensuse projectProductleap, w3mDiscoveredJan 20, 2017UpdatedMay 13, 2026

The HTMLtagproc1 function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does not properly initialize values, which allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted html file, related to tags.

CVSS v3.1
6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
3.34%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
▼ 0.01pp
3.35% → 3.34% over 10 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Connections
4 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jan 20, 2017
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD May 13, 2026