CVE-2016-9435

The HTMLtagproc1 function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does not properly initialize values, which allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted html file, related to

tags.

Database specific

{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "42.2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "42.2"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "opensuse:leap"
        },
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "42.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "42.1"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "opensuse_project:leap"
        }
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/tats/w3m

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/tats/w3m

Events

Introduced

Last Affected

55ca98c554c12a861a3ed8c237fb22516fccb337

Fixed

33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd

Database specific

Show details

{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:tats:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "0.5.3\\+git20160718"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

upstream/0.*

upstream/0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23

upstream/0.3

upstream/0.5.1

upstream/0.5.2

upstream/0.5.3

v0.*

v0.5.3+debian-19

v0.5.3+git20150203

v0.5.3+git20150509

v0.5.3+git20150623

v0.5.3+git20150720

v0.5.3+git20150811

v0.5.3+git20151010

v0.5.3+git20151119

v0.5.3+git20160228

v0.5.3+git20160511

v0.5.3+git20160718

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9435.json"

vanir_signatures

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        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "line_hashes":  [
                "311004745453435617756753801353359150057",
                "143134225384708127344576683335910472673",
                "186384755597943013168483540501107179659",
                "112398006071132182438373256047756762888"
            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2016-9435-2fda5057",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "file.c"
        }
    },
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            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2016-9435-79107265",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "parsetagx.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "function_hash":  "4987390351755194380299389707932098436",
            "length":  25115
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2016-9435-986b439c",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "file.c",
            "function":  "HTMLtagproc1"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "function_hash":  "78877202036832609142144252743261376164",
            "length":  3604
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2016-9435-e6ec55a9",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "parsetagx.c",
            "function":  "parse_tag"
        }
    }
]

vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-07-08T12:06:36Z"