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CVE-2016-9440 is a crash bug in the Tatsuya Kinoshita fork of w3m before 0.5.3-31. A malicious HTML page can make w3m segfault and stop running. The public sources describe denial of service only, not data theft or code execution. Exposure is most likely on systems where w3m is installed and used to view or process untrusted HTML, including developer machines, servers, scripts, monitoring jobs, or text-based browsing workflows. Prioritize remediation where w3m is used in automation or exposed workflows that process external content. For ordinary endpoints, this is usually a contained availability issue, but unpatched automated jobs can create recurring operational failures. Mitigation focus: Upgrade w3m to 0.5.3-31 or a vendor-fixed package.; Review Gentoo or OS vendor advisories for exact fixed package versions.; Avoid opening untrusted HTML with vulnerable w3m builds..
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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/22CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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