CVE catalog
CVE-2016-9430
w3m: CVE-2016-9430
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.83% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue was discovered in the Tatsuya Kinoshita w3m fork before 0.5.3-31. w3m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted HTML page.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | w3m | sid | 0.5.3+git20230121-2.3 | fixed |
| Debian | w3m | forky | 0.5.3+git20230121-2.3 | fixed |
| Debian | w3m | trixie | 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 | fixed |
| Debian | w3m | bookworm | 0.5.3+git20230121-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | w3m | 14.04 | 0.5.3-11 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | w3m | 14.04 | 0.5.3-12 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | w3m | 14.04 | 0.5.3-13 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | w3m | 14.04 | 0.5.3-15 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | w3m | 14.04 | 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | w3m | 16.04 | 0.5.3-24 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | w3m | 16.04 | 0.5.3-25 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | w3m | 16.04 | 0.5.3-26 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | w3m | 16.04 | 0.5.3-26build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | w3m | 16.04 | 0.5.3-26ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | w3m | source | sid | 0.5.3-30 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | w3m | source | forky | 0.5.3-30 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | w3m | source | trixie | 0.5.3-30 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | w3m | source | bookworm | 0.5.3-30 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | w3m | deb | 14.04 | 0.5.3-15ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9430 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | w3m | deb | 16.04 | 0.5.3-26ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9430 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [w3m]Fixed
Details (2)
0.5.3+git20230121-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-30dsa · w3m · debian · bookworm; dsa · w3m · debian · 12
0.5.3+git20230121-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-30dsa · w3m · debian · bookworm; dsa · w3m · debian · 12
- [w3m-img]Fixed
Source package: [w3m]
Details (2)
0.5.3+git20230121-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-30dsa · w3m · debian · bookworm; dsa · w3m · debian · 12
0.5.3+git20230121-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-30dsa · w3m · debian · bookworm; dsa · w3m · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [w3m]Fixed
Details (2)
0.5.3+git20230121-2.1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-30dsa · w3m · debian · 13
0.5.3+git20230121-2.1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-30dsa · w3m · debian · 13
- [w3m-img]Fixed
Source package: [w3m]
Details (2)
0.5.3+git20230121-2.1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-30dsa · w3m · debian · 13
0.5.3+git20230121-2.1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-30dsa · w3m · debian · 13
Observed: