An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.3
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Dec 12, 2016 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-w3m | Jul 30, 2024 | Dec 12, 2016 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-w3mfreebsd-upgrade-package-w3m-imgfreebsd-upgrade-package-ja-w3mfreebsd-upgrade-package-ja-w3m-img | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 1, 2017 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-w3m | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 11, 2016 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-browser-w3m-0-5-3-0-175-3-15-0-4-0 | May 29, 2017 | Dec 11, 2016 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Aug 20, 2016 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-w3m | Dec 9, 2016 | Dec 7, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-w3m | Mar 3, 2017 | Dec 11, 2016 |
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