CVE-2016-9436

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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:N/I:N/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

2017-01-20 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:50Z2 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-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-456Missing Initialization of a VariableVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

824dac202b0cf6bef877ac04f05b9ae9a9217f0dcf14fad18cbe19b9aa95a628

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• github.comhttps://github.com/tats/w3m/commit/33509cc81ec5f2ba44eb6fd98bd5c1b5873e46bdx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3121http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00084.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• github.comhttps://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/16x_refsource_MISC
• 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