{"action":"Upgrade w3m to 0.5.3-30 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"0.5.3-30","introduced":"0"}],"component":"w3m","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:14","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["0.5.3-30"],"id":"tcs_01M5NBTEGR83AT0D3PCA9Q73N9","modified_at":"2026-09-22T07:03:14.414650551Z","published_at":"2017-01-20T15:59:00.613Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9435","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9435"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":6.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9435#Debian:14/w3m","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9435"}],"summary":"The HTMLtagproc1 function in file.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 <dd>"}