What is CVE-2016-9627?

CVE-2016-9627 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tats W3m, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-9627?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-9627 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Tats W3m

CVE-2016-9627

An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap buffer overflow and crash) via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.026 (83.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Tats W3m
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

mrash/afl-cve

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9627?: CVE-2016-9627 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tats W3m, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-9627?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-9627 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.