vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2016-9442)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 12, 2016 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 12, 2016
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A potential heap buffer corruption vulnerability has been discovered due to Strgrow. Note that w3m's allocator (boehmgc) preserves more space than the required size due to bucketing so the heap shouldn't be corrupted in practice.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2016-9442
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-9442
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407
- URL-https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLog
- URL-https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/d43527cfa0dbb3ccefec4a6f7b32c1434739aa29
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-18
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08
- CWE-119
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