Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-9438 is a crash vulnerability in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m text browser fork before 0.5.3-31. A malicious HTML page can make w3m segfault, causing denial of service. It is mainly business-relevant where w3m processes untrusted web content in scripts, terminals, or automated workflows. Exposure is likely limited to systems that have w3m installed and use it to open or process untrusted HTML. Headless jobs, mail or web content previewers, and administrative terminals using w3m deserve attention. Treat as a targeted availability issue, not a critical breach indicator. Prioritize remediation where w3m touches untrusted content or supports automated operations; otherwise handle through normal patch management. Mitigation focus: Upgrade w3m to a vendor-fixed build incorporating 0.5.3-31 or later changes.; For Gentoo systems, follow GLSA-201701-08 package guidance.; Avoid feeding untrusted HTML to older w3m builds..
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- GLSA-201701-08CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/18CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLogCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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