gsd-2016-9429
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Buffer overflow in the formUpdateBuffer function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2016-9429


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   GSD: {
      alias: "CVE-2016-9429",
      description: "An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. Buffer overflow in the formUpdateBuffer function in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.",
      id: "GSD-2016-9429",
      references: [
         "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9429.html",
         "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9429",
         "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2016-9429.html",
         "https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-9429",
      ],
   },
   gsd: {
      metadata: {
         exploitCode: "unknown",
         remediation: "unknown",
         reportConfidence: "confirmed",
         type: "vulnerability",
      },
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         id: "GSD-2016-9429",
         modified: "2023-12-13T01:21:21.359057Z",
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            lastModified: "2023-12-29T18:38:04.570",
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            published: "2016-12-12T02:59:19.373",
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