CVE-2016-9431 describes an infinite recursion vulnerability in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork, affecting versions prior to 0.5.3-31. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by enticing a user to open a specially crafted HTML page. Rated 6.5 (Medium) on the CVSS scale, exploitation requires user interaction and could lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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:N/I:N/A:H
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