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CVE-2016-9632

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9632 describes a global buffer overflow vulnerability in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before version 0.5.3-33. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by enticing a user to open a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.5.3-32CPE 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
1.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0189 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-2016-9632Low

w3m: Buffer-overflow in wc_any_to_ucs()

Nov 18, 2016

References

github.com / tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / tats/w3m/issues/43
Issue TrackingPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory