CVE-2016-9627 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before version 0.5.3-33, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service by providing a crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to trigger a crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5.3-32CPE 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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