CVE-2016-9422

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-12-12 02:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-11-14 19:48Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

528c22d46de519fccbb15f00aee9bc668dd666c415b29ec4686c762f7743f45a

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• github.comhttps://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLogx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/8x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94407http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94407vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161118 Re: CVE request: w3m - multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST