DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9428

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9428
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9428.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9428
Upstream
Published
2016-12-12T02:59:17Z
Modified
2026-09-22T05:03:27Z
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Heap-based buffer overflow in the addMultirowsForm function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-30

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9428.json"

Debian:13 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-30

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9428.json"

Debian:14 / w3m

Package

Name
w3m
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/w3m?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.3-30

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9428.json"