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CVE-2016-9436 (GCVE-0-2016-9436)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-20 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-11-18 00:00
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