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CVE-2016-9433

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9433 describes an out-of-bounds array access vulnerability in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork prior to version 0.5.3-31. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by enticing a user to view a specially crafted HTML page. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.5.3-30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0241 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9433Low

w3m: Segmentation fault when parsing iso2022 characters

Aug 16, 2016

References

github.com / tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / tats/w3m/issues/14
Issue TrackingPatch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-08
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94407