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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-9626 · published 12 December 2016

CVE-2016-9626: Tats w3m memory buffer overflow vulnerability

TTats · W3m

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.

6.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% · top 16.4% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
6.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/37 Issue TrackingPatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/37 Issue TrackingPatch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-9626), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-09). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.