Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-9431 is a denial-of-service flaw in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. A malicious HTML page can trigger infinite recursion and crash or hang the browser process. The business risk is disruption where w3m processes untrusted web content, especially in automation or operational scripts. Exposure is most likely where w3m is installed and used to open untrusted HTML, including command-line browsing, content conversion, monitoring, scraping, or mail workflows. Internet-facing exposure is indirect unless a service invokes w3m on attacker-controlled content. Prioritize remediation where w3m is used in automated or business-critical content processing. For ordinary desktop or occasional CLI use, urgency is lower but still should be handled through normal patch cycles because crafted content can cause service interruption. Mitigation focus: Upgrade the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork to 0.5.3-31 or later where available.; Apply distribution security updates, including Gentoo guidance where relevant.; Avoid processing untrusted HTML with vulnerable w3m versions..
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- GLSA-201701-08CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLogCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/10CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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