CVE-2016-9426 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the renderTable function of the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork, affecting versions before 0.5.3-31. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (out-of-memory) and potentially execute arbitrary code by exploiting a related bug (CVE-2016-9427) in bdwgc via a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5.3-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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