Security advisory

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  "id": "3f18d01228e62da3d472f6748392bdf192f762e6474cdddac4d305a55bfcb45b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9436",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-9436",
    "summary": "parsetagx.c in w3m before 0.5.3+git20161009 does not properly initialize values, which allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted html file, related to a tag.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9436",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/tats/w3m",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "fixed": "33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "range": [
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                        "last_affected": "0.5.3\\+git20160718"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                    "range": [
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.5.3+debian-19",
            "v0.5.3+git20160718",
            "v0.5.3+git20160511",
            "v0.5.3+git20160228",
            "v0.5.3+git20151119",
            "v0.5.3+git20151010",
            "v0.5.3+git20150811",
            "v0.5.3+git20150720",
            "v0.5.3+git20150623",
            "v0.5.3+git20150509",
            "v0.5.3+git20150203",
            "upstream/0.5.3",
            "upstream/0.5.2",
            "upstream/0.5.1",
            "upstream/0.3",
            "upstream/0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9436.json",
            "vanir_signatures": [
              {
                "id": "CVE-2016-9436-2fda5057",
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                },
                "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
                "target": {
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                },
                "deprecated": false,
                "signature_type": "Line",
                "signature_version": "v1"
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              {
                "id": "CVE-2016-9436-79107265",
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                },
                "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
                "target": {
                  "file": "parsetagx.c"
                },
                "deprecated": false,
                "signature_type": "Line",
                "signature_version": "v1"
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              {
                "id": "CVE-2016-9436-986b439c",
                "digest": {
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                  "function_hash": "4987390351755194380299389707932098436"
                },
                "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
                "target": {
                  "file": "file.c",
                  "function": "HTMLtagproc1"
                },
                "deprecated": false,
                "signature_type": "Function",
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                },
                "source": "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
                "target": {
                  "file": "parsetagx.c",
                  "function": "parse_tag"
                },
                "deprecated": false,
                "signature_type": "Function",
                "signature_version": "v1"
              }
            ],
            "vanir_signatures_modified": "2026-10-20T13:19:20Z"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:19:20.381690043Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08",
        "https://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bd",
        "https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "42.2"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "42.2"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse_project:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "42.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "42.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-9436",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387498,
  "published_at": "2017-01-20T15:59:00.677+00:00"
}