CVE-2016-9625
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion...
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
CVE-2016-9625- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
CVE-2016-9625- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-10427 No score
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
EUVD-2016-10427- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p878-6hmx-f7fp
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion...
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
GHSA-p878-6hmx-f7fp- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
CVE-2016-9625- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-9625
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9625- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9625
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-33. Infinite recursion vulnerability in w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9625- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0024 No score
Updated w3m packages fix security vulnerability
The w3m package has been updated to a newer git snapshot to fix several security issues.
- Record
MGASA-2018-0024- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10235-1 No score
w3m-0.5.3.git20161120-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the w3m-0.5.3.git20161120-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10235-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:3046-1 No score
Security update for w3m
This update for w3m fixes the following issues:
- update to debian git version (bsc#1011293) addressed security issues: CVE-2016-9621: w3m: global-buffer-overflow write (bsc#1012020) CVE-2016-9622: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012021) CVE-2016-9623: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012022) CVE-2016-9624: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1012023) CVE-2016-9625: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1012024) CVE-2016-9626: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1012025) CVE-2016-9627: w3m: heap overflow read + deref (bsc#1012026) CVE-2016-9628: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012027) CVE-2016-9629: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012028) CVE-2016-9630: w3m: global-buffer-overflow read (bsc#1012029) CVE-2016-9631: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012030) CVE-2016-9632: w3m: global-buffer-overflow read (bsc#1012031) CVE-2016-9633: w3m: OOM (bsc#1012032) CVE-2016-9434: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011283) CVE-2016-9435: w3m: use uninit value (bsc#1011284) CVE-2016-9436: w3m: use uninit value (bsc#1011285) CVE-2016-9437: w3m: write to rodata (bsc#1011286) CVE-2016-9438: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011287) CVE-2016-9439: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1011288) CVE-2016-9440: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1011289) CVE-2016-9441: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1011290) CVE-2016-9442: w3m: potential heap buffer corruption (bsc#1011291) CVE-2016-9443: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011292)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:3046-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:3053-1 No score
Security update for w3m
This update for w3m fixes the following issues:
- update to debian git version (bsc#1011293) addressed security issues: CVE-2016-9622: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012021) CVE-2016-9623: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012022) CVE-2016-9624: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1012023) CVE-2016-9625: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1012024) CVE-2016-9626: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1012025) CVE-2016-9627: w3m: heap overflow read + deref (bsc#1012026) CVE-2016-9628: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012027) CVE-2016-9629: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012028) CVE-2016-9630: w3m: global-buffer-overflow read (bsc#1012029) CVE-2016-9631: w3m: null deref (bsc#1012030) CVE-2016-9632: w3m: global-buffer-overflow read (bsc#1012031) CVE-2016-9633: w3m: OOM (bsc#1012032) CVE-2016-9434: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011283) CVE-2016-9435: w3m: use uninit value (bsc#1011284) CVE-2016-9436: w3m: use uninit value (bsc#1011285) CVE-2016-9437: w3m: write to rodata (bsc#1011286) CVE-2016-9438: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011287) CVE-2016-9439: w3m: stack overflow (bsc#1011288) CVE-2016-9440: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1011289) CVE-2016-9441: w3m: near-null deref (bsc#1011290) CVE-2016-9442: w3m: potential heap buffer corruption (bsc#1011291) CVE-2016-9443: w3m: null deref (bsc#1011292)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:3053-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3214-1 No score
w3m vulnerabilities
A large number of security issues were discovered in the w3m browser. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.
- Record
USN-3214-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
w3mDebian:12 |
before 0.5.3-33 | 0.5.3-33 |
w3mDebian:13 |
before 0.5.3-33 | 0.5.3-33 |
w3mDebian:14 |
before 0.5.3-33 | 0.5.3-33 |
w3mMageia:5 From an advisory covering 34 CVEs |
before 0.5.3-8.2.mga5 | 0.5.3-8.2.mga5 |
w3mSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 28 CVEs |
before 0.5.3.git20161120-4.1 | 0.5.3.git20161120-4.1 |
w3mSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 28 CVEs |
before 0.5.3.git20161120-4.1 | 0.5.3.git20161120-4.1 |
w3mSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs |
before 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 | 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 |
w3mSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs |
before 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 | 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 |
w3mSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs |
before 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 | 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 |
w3mSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs |
before 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 | 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
w3mSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs |
before 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 | 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 |
w3mSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs |
before 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 | 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 |
w3mSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs |
before 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 | 0.5.3.git20161120-160.1 |
w3mUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 0.5.3-110.5.3-120.5.3-130.5.3-15 |
0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1 |
w3mUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 0.5.3-26ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 0.5.3-240.5.3-250.5.3-260.5.3-26build1 |
0.5.3-26ubuntu0.1 |
w3mUbuntu:14.04:LTS From an advisory covering 33 CVEs |
before 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 0.5.3-110.5.3-120.5.3-130.5.3-15 |
0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1 |
w3mopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 25 CVEs |
before 0.5.3.git20161120-1.1 | 0.5.3.git20161120-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-9625 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Tats W3m, published December 7, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.82%, the 78th percentile. Fixed in w3m 0.5.3-33.
References
github.com/tats/w3m/issues/36
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9625
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9625
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advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0024.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19811
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/25/5
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.html
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20163046-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1011269
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9625
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9625