CVE-2016-9437

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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

1.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 77.6% 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

2016-12-12 02:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-11-14 19:44Z1 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-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

970c2bbdf82c93f514c737d6219739aa26b423ebf62a3cd404b537b81c03c8aa

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-08vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• github.comhttps://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/17x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/tats/w3m/blob/master/ChangeLogx_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