CVE-2016-9436

parsetagx.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 a <i> tag.

Database specific

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

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

{
    "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

vanir_signatures

[
    {
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "311004745453435617756753801353359150057",
                "143134225384708127344576683335910472673",
                "186384755597943013168483540501107179659",
                "112398006071132182438373256047756762888"
            ]
        },
        "target": {
            "file": "file.c"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-9436-2fda5057",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "104395104491150999346745860766298117160",
                "22387227991403213856454022304549452974",
                "309193199931375910465849400156799792841"
            ]
        },
        "target": {
            "file": "parsetagx.c"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-9436-79107265",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "4987390351755194380299389707932098436",
            "length": 25115.0
        },
        "target": {
            "function": "HTMLtagproc1",
            "file": "file.c"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-9436-986b439c",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "78877202036832609142144252743261376164",
            "length": 3604.0
        },
        "target": {
            "function": "parse_tag",
            "file": "parsetagx.c"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-9436-e6ec55a9",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
        "deprecated": false
    }
]

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9436.json"

vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-07-08T15:09:50Z"